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R 2

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: R
Fate: Broken Up February 1923

R 2

R 2

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1918 - 14th Flotilla: HMS Vulcan, Blyth

Events

04-02-1917  Laid Down
25-04-1918  Launched
01-12-1918  Completed
R Specification
Length overall  163 ft 9 inch
Beam  15 ft 9 inch
Depth  15 ft 3 inch
Displacement   410 tons (surface)
  503 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  150 ft
Speed  Surface 15 knots (design)
  Surface 15 knots (service)
  Submerged 9.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 9.5 knots (service)
Endurance  Surface: 2000 miles at 9 knots (design)
  Surface: 2400 miles at full power (service)
  Submerged: 15 miles at full power (design)
  Submerged: 15 miles at full power or 150 miles at 1.5 knots (service)
No. of shafts  1
Armament  6 x 18 inch bow tubes (7 torpedoes carried)
Complement  2 officers, 20 ratings.
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