| Built By: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Build Group: | K1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped July 1926. |
12th Flotilla: Scapa Flow.
| 13-11-1915 | Laid Down |
| 14-10-1916 | Launched |
| 01-02-1917 | Completed |
| 21-09-1917 | One member of the crew accidentally fell overboard and was drowned. He was Sto 1 Reginald Tinniswood. |
| Length overall | 339 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 20 ft 11 inch |
| Displacement | 1980 tons (surface) |
| 2566 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 24 knots (design) |
| Surface 24 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 7 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 4 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| (16 torpedoes carried) | |
| 2 x 4 inch guns | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 960 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 800 miles at full power or 12500 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 13.5 miles at 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8 miles at 8 knots or 30 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 53 Ratings |
H 31 |
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| Class: | 1917 - 1945: H Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | H21 |
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Fate: At the time that the German Battle Cruisers Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen were expected to leave Breast, H31 was sent to form part of a circle of submarines around the French Port. H31 was escorted as far as the Wolfe Rock and left her escort on 19th December 1941. Nothing more was seen or heard of H31 which was presumed lost in the Atlantic along the Northwest Coast of Spain. There were no survivors. |
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David Suchet narrates the BBC series featuring the Royal Navy's Hunter-Killer submarine, HMS Splendid, on a top secret three-month mission.
After travelling from its Farlane base to San Diego, the sub is charged with testing the first Tomahawk cruise missile, and the crew is followed every step of the way.
Also included is a feature on the sub's new Lieutenant Commander as he undergoes the 'Perisher' selection course.
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| Length overall | 339 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 20 ft 11 inch |
| Displacement | 1980 tons (surface) |
| 2566 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 24 knots (design) |
| Surface 24 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 7 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 4 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| (16 torpedoes carried) | |
| 2 x 4 inch guns | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 960 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 800 miles at full power or 12500 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 13.5 miles at 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8 miles at 8 knots or 30 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 53 Ratings |
H 31 |
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| Class: | 1917 - 1945: H Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | H21 |
|
Fate: At the time that the German Battle Cruisers Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen were expected to leave Breast, H31 was sent to form part of a circle of submarines around the French Port. H31 was escorted as far as the Wolfe Rock and left her escort on 19th December 1941. Nothing more was seen or heard of H31 which was presumed lost in the Atlantic along the Northwest Coast of Spain. There were no survivors. |
|
David Suchet narrates the BBC series featuring the Royal Navy's Hunter-Killer submarine, HMS Splendid, on a top secret three-month mission.
After travelling from its Farlane base to San Diego, the sub is charged with testing the first Tomahawk cruise missile, and the crew is followed every step of the way.
Also included is a feature on the sub's new Lieutenant Commander as he undergoes the 'Perisher' selection course.
12 pages added or updated in the last 4 month
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