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L 17

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: L2ML
Fate: Broken Up February 1934

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 13-05-1918   Launched
L2ML Specification
Displacement  L14, L17, L26, L27: 908 sf 1,065 sm
  L24, L25: 911 sf 1068 sm
Length  238.5ft (oa)
Breadth  23.5ft
Draught/Height  13.5ft
Machinery  2 x 12 cylinder solid injection Vickers type diesels 2400 bhp.
  4 x electric motors 1600 bhp
  1 x 20 hp aux motor for slow running.
  Twin screws.
Speed  (Surface) 17.5 kts
  (Submerged) 10.5 kts
Oil Supply  76 tons
Armament  1 x 4 inch/40 QF; 2 MG
  4 x 21 inch bow tubes
  8 Torpedoes carried
  L24/L25 completed without the 4 inch gun
  L14, L17, L26, L27: 16 mines
  L24, L25: 14 mines.
Range  3,800/200nm at 10/2 kt
Complement  39
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