H.M.S. H 5 (1915)

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H.M.S. H 5 (1915)
Pendant Number: H.5[1]
Builder: Canadian Vickers[2]
Ordered: Nov, 1914[3]
Launched: 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Collision: 2 Mar, 1918[6]

H.M.S. H 5 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

On 14 July, 1916, she sank U 51 at 53° 55' N., 7° 53' E.[7]

She was lost with all hands on the night of 2 March, 1918 when she was sunk in error, rammed by the British S.S Rutherglen. Among the dead was U.S. Navy Lieutenant Earle W. F. Childs, who was serving as an observer.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 87.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  6. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 467.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  8. ↑ Dictionary of American Fighting Ships - Childs
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392a.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  11. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 467.

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  
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