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L 8

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: L1
Fate: Scrapped October 1930

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1923 - Reserve Flotilla. Hong Kong.

Events

28-05-1916  Laid Down
12-03-1918  Completed
07-07-1918  Launched
L1 Specification
Length overall  231 ft 1 inch
Beam  23 ft 6 inch
Draught  13 ft 3 inch
Displacement   891 tons (surface)
  1074 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  150 ft
Speed  Surface 17 knots (design)
  Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service)
  Submerged 10.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 10.5+ knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Endurance  Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design)
  Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service)
  Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design)
  Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
Armament  4 x 18 inch bow tubes
  2 x 18 inch beam tubes
  (10 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 4 inch gun
Complement  3 Officers and 33 Ratings
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