Class

K 5

Built By:	Portsmouth Dockyard
Build Group:	K1
Fate:	Foundered and sunk in the Bay of Biscay on 20th January 1921 for reasons unknown.

K 5

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K5 at sea

Roll of Honour

Booker, George Lewis

Died: 31st Jul, 1918.

Chief Stoker

Accidentally lost overboard and were drowned

Jordan, Michael

Died: 31st Jul, 1918.

Stoker 1st Class

Accidentally lost overboard and were drowned

Aburrow, Cecil Frederick John

J 4284

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Able Seaman

Andrews, Herbert Garnham

J 5147

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 27

Petty Officer

Backhouse, Albert Edward

K21000

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Stoker 1st Class

Baker, George William

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 32

Engineer Lieutenant

Beaumont, George Langwell

272157

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 36

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class

Bowles, Edward John

Born: 4th Mar, 1889.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 31

Engineer Lieutenant

RN DoB 04/03/1887. Actual 04/03/1889

Burns, John Thomas

K 17609

Born: 8th Mar, 1895.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Stoker 1st Class

RN DoB 08/03/1894

Butland, Richard William Henry

L 9741

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 21

Steward

Charman, William James DSM

J 31517

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 23

Leading Telegraphist

Chase, Walter Frederick DSM

K 3799

Born: 2nd Sep, 1889.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 31

Leading Stoker

RN DoB 02/09/1890

Clarke, Benjamin Jacob

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 35

Lieutenant

Clarke, Cecil Frederick

J 32900

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 22

Able Seaman

Clowes, John Henry Thomas

J 25668

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Able Seaman

Cornish, Percy William

J 11540

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Able Seaman

Cox, John William

J 49821

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 20

Telegraphist

Cuddeford, Frederick William Francis

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Lieutenant

Donovan, Michael

J 18322

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Able Seaman

Edmonds, Charles

J 2996

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Leading Seaman

Ellis, Charles Alfred

SS 124701

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 19

Stoker 1st Class

Evans, John Horace

J14734

Born: 1st May, 1897.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 23

Able Seaman

RN DoB 01/05/1895

French, Alfred Frederick

214229

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 35

Petty Officer

Gaimes, John Austin

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 34

Lieutenant Commander

Commanding Officer

George, Walter

J17015

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 24

Able Seaman

Gillett, Victor Allen

J24980

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 20

Able Seaman

Hester, William James

M 1516

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

Hicklin, William George Osborne

K 12306

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Leading Stoker

Hutchence, Harry

K 22154

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 24

Stoker 1st Class

Inight, Walter

J10959

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Leading Seaman

Kendall, John Gilmour

K 24052

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Stoker 1st Class

Lampard, Thomas Frederick

J 12698

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Leading Seaman

Lamport, Albert John

J 6059

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Leading Seaman

Lashmar, Bertram Arthur

M 4306

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 31

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class

Lawrence, James Gordon MID

J 26878

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 24

Leading Seaman

Lawrence, Stanfield

K 24155

Born: 17th Oct, 1887.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 33

Stoker 1st Class

RN DoB 17/10/1890

MacGregor, Robert James Russell

K 19376

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 35

Stoker 1st Class

Male, Bertram Edwin

302183

Born: 27th Jan, 1887.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 33

Chief Stoker

Served as Male, Bert Edwards. RN DoB 27/01/1884

Mansfield, Richard Albert

J 2617

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Able Seaman

Metcalfe, Fred

SS 8401

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 25

Able Seaman

Middlemist, Robert James Menteith

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 21

Lieutenant

Mould, William

J 7392

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Petty Officer

Page, Alfred George

229695

Born: 12th Nov, 1886.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 34

Stoker Petty Officer

RN DoB 12/02/1886

Parr, Frederick

K 20815

Born: 1st Apr, 1898.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 22

Stoker 1st Class

At birth Parr, Frederick Walter Served as Parr, Frederick. RN DoB 01/04/1895.

Parry, James Frederick

K 17768

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Stoker 1st Class

Pollard, George

M 10901

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 29

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

Purkis, Frederick Walter

K 19579

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Stoker 1st Class

Raggett, Alfred David

K 26671

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 23

Stoker 1st Class

Riley, Herbert

M 4194

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 34

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class

Seymour, George

K 24204

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Stoker 1st Class

Sheppard, William Cyril

J 5572

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 27

Petty Officer

Smith, Frederick John

299134

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 42

Stoker Petty Officer

Smith, William Balfour

K 19915

Born: 5th Jul, 1896.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 24

Stoker 1st Class

RN DoB 05/07/1895

Smith, William Carrington

J6219

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 26

Able Seaman

Tanner, William James

J 21454

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 23

Signalman

Ward, Horace William

SS 8464

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 21

Able Seaman

West, Lewis Herbert

K20832

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 31

Stoker 1st Class

Wiltshire, Richard

J 31907

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 22

Signalman

Wootton, William

K 2665

Born: 18th Mar, 1892.

Died: 20th Jan, 1921.

Aged: 28

Stoker Petty Officer

RN DoB 18/03.1891

Events

13-11-1915

Laid Down

16-12-1916

Launched

01-06-1917

Completed

20-01-1921

HMS K5 sailed from Torbay as part of a fleet bound for Spain, which included the Cruiser Inconstant and Submarines K8, K9, K15 and K22. It was decided to conduct a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay and the vessels split up to take their positions. A signal was received from K5 that she was diving, but she failed to reappear at the end of the exercise. An hour before dusk a battery cover from a K boat was recovered and the next morning a sailor's ditty box was found - the last trace of K5. It is believed an accident caused K5 to exceed her maximum diving depth.

K1 Specification

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

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