H.M.S. H 51 (1918)

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H.M.S. H 51 (1918)
Pendant Number: H.51[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: March, 1917[3]
Launched: 15 Nov, 1918[4]
Sold: Jun, 1924[5]
H.M.S. H 51 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

On 21 April, 1920, Lieutenant in Command Kenneth Mathieson Fardell was tried by Court Martial on a charge of having hazarded the boat during exercises on March 2 and 4. He had surfaced too close to H.M.S. Warwick and used the wrong pressure air in blowing ballast. He was found guilty on both charges and reprimanded.[6]

At the end of 1920, she was the only boat in reserve submarine group "G" at Portland, tender to Vulcan. With just a single submarine in this group, it seems likely that more vessels would be allocated.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 88.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  3. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 22.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  6. "Hazarding a Submarine." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1920, p. 13.
  7. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  8. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  9. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 782a.
  10. Bethell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/119/101. f. 101.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782a.

Bibliography


"H" Class Submarine
Group 1
H 1 H 2 H 3 H 4 H 5
H 6 H 7 H 8 H 9 H 10
Group 2
H 11 H 12 H 13 H 14 H 15
H 16 H 17 H 18 H 19 H 20
Group 3
H 21 H 22 H 23 H 24 H 25
H 26 H 27 H 28 H 29 H 30
H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 41
H 42 H 43 H 44 H 47 H 48
  H 49 H 50 H 51 H 52  
<– "F" Class Submarines (UK) "G" Class –>