| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow)/ Sheerness Dockyard |
| Build Group: | L2ML |
| Fate: | Broken Up 1935 |
| 1920: | Lieutenant | Aubrey Cecil Newbold | |
| 1921: | Lieutenant | Edward Murray Conrad Barraclough | |
| 1923: | Lieutenant Commander | John Hely Owen | |
| 1924: | Lieutenant Commander | Colin Mayers | |
| 1929: | Lieutenant Commander | Reginald Robert Helbert | |
| 1930: | Lieutenant Commander | David Edward Gillespie Wemyss |
| 13-02-1919 | Launched |
| 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 |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in June 1946 at Milford Haven. | |
After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
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| 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 |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in June 1946 at Milford Haven. | |
After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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