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L 20

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: L2
Fate: Broken Up January 1935
Credit: Stephen Johnson
L20

L 20

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1923 - Reserve Flotilla. Hong Kong

Events

26-07-1917  Laid Down
23-09-1918  Launched
28-01-1919  Completed
L2 Specification
Length overall  238 ft 7 inch
Beam  23 ft 6 inch
Draught  13 ft 3 inch
Displacement  914 tons (surface)
  1089 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
Armament  4 x 18 inch bow tubes
  2 x 18 inch beam tubes
  (10 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 4 inch gun
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)
Complement   38
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