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K 15

Built By: Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group: K1
Fate: Sank alongside HMS Canterbury whilst in Portsmouth Harbour, 25th June 1921.
K15
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Commanders
1921: Commander   George Fagan Bradshaw

Events

 19-04-1916   Laid Down
 30-04-1917   Completed
 31-10-1917   Launched
 25-06-1921   K15 was moored alongside the light cruiser HMS Canterbury, in the tidal basin at Portsmouth. Most of the crew were on leave when a watch keeper discovered that the submarine was sinking, with the stern already awash.

The watch were quickly roused and scrambled aboard the Canterbury. The submarine slowly submerged amid streams of bubbles.

The accident was caused by hydraulic oil expanding in the hot weather and contracting as the temperature dropped causing a loss of hydraulic pressure and causing vents to open.
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