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[[File:TH21Plate13b.jpg|thumb|800px|'''''R 7'', probably upon her acceptance for service.'''{{UKTH21|Plate 13}}]]
 
A total of ten '''"R" Class Submarines''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]], especially designed to hunt other submarines.
 
A total of ten '''"R" Class Submarines''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]], especially designed to hunt other submarines.
  
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 10 vessels
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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| {{Template:UK-R1}}
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|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|25 Apr, 1918
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|Sold Jan, 1923
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| {{Template:UK-R2}}
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|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|
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|25 Apr, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R3}}
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|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|
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|8 Jun, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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| {{Template:UK-R4}}
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|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|
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|8 Jun, 1918
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|
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|Sold May, 1934
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R7}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|14 May, 1918
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|Jun, 1918
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R8}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|28 Jun, 1918
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|Jul, 1918
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R9}}
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|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
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|
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|12 Aug, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R10}}
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|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
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|
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|5 Oct, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1929
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R11}}
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|[[Cammell Laird]]
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|
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|16 Mar, 1918
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|Jul, 1918
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-R12}}
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|[[Cammell Laird]]
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|
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|9 Apr, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1923
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==Radio==
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By war's end, all boats of "E" class and later were given 3 kilowatt Poulsen wireless sets, affording ranges of 200 miles submarine-to-submarine, and 300-400 miles between shore stations and submarines.  Reception of shore stations of 400 miles was common, and high power shore stations could be received over 500-600 miles.{{UKTHVol3Part21|pp. 16-17}}
  
 
==Torpedoes==
 
==Torpedoes==
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==Guns==
 
==Guns==
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* None.{{UKTH28|p. 19}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 2 March 2020

R 7, probably upon her acceptance for service.[1]

A total of ten "R" Class Submarines were completed for the Royal Navy, especially designed to hunt other submarines.

Two units, R 5 and R 6, were cancelled.

Radio

By war's end, all boats of "E" class and later were given 3 kilowatt Poulsen wireless sets, affording ranges of 200 miles submarine-to-submarine, and 300-400 miles between shore stations and submarines. Reception of shore stations of 400 miles was common, and high power shore stations could be received over 500-600 miles.[2]

Torpedoes

  • six 18-in tubes forward, twelve torpedoes

Guns

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. Plate 13.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. pp. 16-17.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 28. p. 19.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


"R" Class Submarine
R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 7
R 8 R 9 R 10 R 11 R 12
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