| Built By: | Fairfield (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | K1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in December 1926. |
| 1918: | Commander | T C B Harbottle | |
| 1920: | Commander | John Fenwick Hutchings | DSO |
13th Flotilla: Scapa Flow.
13th Flotilla: Rosyth.
Roll of Honour |
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| Wistanly, Alfred James George |
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| Electrical Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Bowell, W J |
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| During Operation E.C.1, which took place overnight in the Firth of Forth. K22 collided with K14 . The bow of K22 cut into the port side of the crew space of K14 flooding the compartment and drowning two members of the crew. He was one of the four children of George Bowell and his wife Amy Louisa (née Charter) of Long Compton, Warwickshire. |
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| Scott, Alexander |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| During Operation E.C.1, which took place overnight in the Firth of Forth. K22 collided with K14. The bow of K22 cut into the port side of the crew space of K14, flooding the compartment and drowning two members of the crew. He was married to Elizabeth (nee Donnelly) and was a native of Dundee. |
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| 01-11-1915 | Laid Down |
| 08-02-1917 | Launched |
| 22-05-1917 | Completed |
| 31-01-1918 | During Operation E.C.1, which took place overnight in the Firth of Forth. K22 collided with K14 . The bow of K22 cut into the port side of the crew space of K14 flooding the compartment and drowning two members of the crew. They were L/Sea Alexander Scott and AB W J Bowell |
| 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 |
Further Reading |
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| K Boat Catastrophe |
N S Nash The Full Story of the 'Battle' of the Isle of May Island. As they approached navigational confusion broke out, caused by the misinterpretation of ship's steaming lights and mayhem followed. |
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| Class: | 1912 - 1919: V (early) Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | V |
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Fate: Sold for scrapping in November 1921. |
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Between 15 June 1968 and 13 May 1960, the first missile-armed nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) left on patrol, with forty more to follow in subsequent years.
Two years later, when Britain's Blue Streak and Skybolt plans were cancelled, Harold Macmillan and John F. Kennedy agreed for Polaris to be supplied to the Royal Navy. In 1996, the Polaris submarines of the 10th Submarine Squadron carried out a total of 229 patrols, travelling over 2 million miles
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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 |
Further Reading |
|
| K Boat Catastrophe |
|
N S Nash The Full Story of the 'Battle' of the Isle of May Island. As they approached navigational confusion broke out, caused by the misinterpretation of ship's steaming lights and mayhem followed. |
V 1 |
|
| Class: | 1912 - 1919: V (early) Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | V |
|
Fate: Sold for scrapping in November 1921. |
|
Between 15 June 1968 and 13 May 1960, the first missile-armed nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) left on patrol, with forty more to follow in subsequent years.
Two years later, when Britain's Blue Streak and Skybolt plans were cancelled, Harold Macmillan and John F. Kennedy agreed for Polaris to be supplied to the Royal Navy. In 1996, the Polaris submarines of the 10th Submarine Squadron carried out a total of 229 patrols, travelling over 2 million miles
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