| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Excalibur |
| Fate: | Broken Up 1970 |
Laid Down in 1952
Excalibur was built at a cost of 1,142,000 pound
| 25-02-1956 | Launched |
| Length overall | 225 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 8 inch |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| Propulsion | High Test Peroxide (HTP) steam raising plant driving 15,000 shp steam turbines (submerged) |
| Diesel/Electric (surfaced) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Displacement | 780 tons (surface) |
| 1120 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 25 knots (surface) |
| 25 knots (submerged) | |
| Armament | None |
| Complement | 49 |
H 4 |
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| Class: | 1917 - 1945: H Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | H1 |
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Fate: Foundered in the English channel Sept 3 1918 while under tow to be scrapped. She was salvaged and used as a target the following year. |
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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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| Length overall | 225 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 8 inch |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| Propulsion | High Test Peroxide (HTP) steam raising plant driving 15,000 shp steam turbines (submerged) |
| Diesel/Electric (surfaced) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Displacement | 780 tons (surface) |
| 1120 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 25 knots (surface) |
| 25 knots (submerged) | |
| Armament | None |
| Complement | 49 |
H 4 |
|
| Class: | 1917 - 1945: H Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | H1 |
|
Fate: Foundered in the English channel Sept 3 1918 while under tow to be scrapped. She was salvaged and used as a target the following year. |
|
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
17 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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