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The [[Royal Navy]]'s '''"H" Class Submarines''' were manufactured in America and Canada to a design similar to the American "H" class boats.
[[File:TH21Plate13a.jpg|thumb|800px|'''''H 28'', probably shown upon her acceptance.'''{{UKTH21|Plate 13}}]]
The [[Royal Navy]]'s '''"H" Class Submarines''' were manufactured in Britain, America and Canada to a design similar to the American "H" class boats. They were considered coastal submarines.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 11}}


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|-
! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 44 vessels
|-
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
|-
! align=center | Name
! align=center | Builder
! align=center | Laid Down
! align=center | Launched
! align=center | Completed
! align=center | Fate
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H1}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|May, 1915
|Sold Mar, 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H2}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|May, 1915
|Sold 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H3}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Mined 15 Jul, 1916
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H4}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold Nov, 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H5}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Collision 6 Mar, 1918
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H6}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Interned 8 Jan, 1916
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H7}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold Nov, 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H8}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold Nov, 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H9}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold Nov, 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H10}}
|[[Canadian Vickers]]
|
|1915
|Jun, 1915
|Lost 19 Jan, 1918
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H11}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|Sold 1921
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H12}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|Sold 1922
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H13}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Chile 3 Jul, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H14}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Canada Jun, 1914
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H15}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Canada Jun, 1919
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H16}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Chile 3 Jul, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H17}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Chile 3 Jul, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H18}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Chile 3 Jul, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H19}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Chile 3 Jul, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H20}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|1915
|Apr, 1917
|to Chile 3 Jul, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H21}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|20 Oct, 1917
|Jan, 1918
|Sold Jul, 1926
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H22}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|14 Nov, 1917
|
|Sold Feb, 1929
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H23}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|29 Jan, 1918
|Apr, 1918
|Sold May, 1934
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H24}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|14 Nov, 1917
|Apr, 1918
|Sold May, 1934
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H25}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|27 Apr, 1918
|
|Sold 1929
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H26}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|15 Nov, 1917
|Mar, 1918
|Sold Apr, 1928
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H27}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|25 Sep, 1918
|
|Sold Aug, 1935
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H28}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|12 Mar, 1918
|Jun, 1918
|Sold Sep, 1944
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H29}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|8 Jun, 1918
|
|Sold Aug, 1935
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H30}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|9 May, 1918
|
|Sold Aug, 1935
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H31}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|16 Nov, 1918
|
|Sunk 24 Dec, 1941
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H32}}
|[[Vickers]]
|
|19 Nov, 1918
|
|Sold Oct, 1944
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H33}}
|[[Cammell Laird]]
|
|24 Aug, 1918
|
|Sold 1944
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H34}}
|[[Cammell Laird]]
|
|5 Nov, 1918
|
|Sold 1945
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H41}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|26 Jul, 1918
|
|Cancelled 1918
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H42}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|21 Oct, 1918
|
|Collision 23 Feb, 1922
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H43}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|3 Feb, 1919
|
|Sold 1944
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H44}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|17 Feb, 1919
|
|Sold 1944
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H47}}
|[[William Beardmore & Company]]
|
|19 Nov, 1918
|
|Collision 9 Jul, 1929
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H48}}
|[[William Beardmore & Company]]
|
|31 Mar, 1919
|
|Sold Aug, 1935
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H49}}
|[[William Beardmore & Company]]
|
|15 Jul, 1919
|
|Sunk 27 Oct, 1940
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H50}}
|[[William Beardmore & Company]]
|
|25 Oct, 1919
|
|Sold 1945
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H51}}
|[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
|
|15 Nov, 1918
|
|Sold Jun, 1924
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-H52}}
|[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
|
|31 Mar, 1919
|
|Sold Nov, 1927
|}
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{|border=1
|align=center colspan=3|'''Characteristics'''{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 22}}
|-
|&nbsp;||align=center|'''Groups 1 & 2'''||align=center|'''Group 3'''
|-
|Length (feet)||150||164
|-
|Breadth (feet)||15.25||ditto
|-
|Displacement (tons)||364/434||440/500
|-
|Draft||12-ft 4-in||ditto
|-
|Speed (knots)||13/11||ditto
|}
==Design and Construction==
[[File:TH21Plate6.jpg|thumb|800px|'''Rough design drawing of Group 3 Boats.'''{{UKTH21|Plate 6}}]]
The forward diving planes could swivel forward and conform to the side of the boat for better surface seakeeping.
==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.{{UKTHVol3Part21|pp. 16-17}}


==Torpedoes==
==Torpedoes==
* four 14-in tubes forward, six torpedoes
Group 1-2:
* four 18-in tubes forward
 
Group 3:
* four 21-in tubes forward, six-eight torpedoes


==Guns==
==Guns==
H1 - H 4:{{CN}}
* one 6-pdr Q.F. gun
Others:{{UKTH28|p. 19}}
* None


==See Also==
==See Also==
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}
 
{ship
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builder="
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launch=1915{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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fate=Sold
fate=Sold
fate2=
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fatedate=11 21{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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{ship
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}
 
{ship
name=H 12
pend=H.12{{DittColl|pp. 82, 87}}
builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
order=
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launch=1915{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
comm=April, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
fate=Sold
fate2=
fatedate=1922{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
}
 
{ship
name=H 13
pend=H.13{{DittColl|pp. 82, 87}}
builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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launch=1915{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
comm=April, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
fate=to Chile
fate2=
fatedate=3 7 17{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
}
 
{ship
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fate=to Canada
fate2=as CH 14
fatedate=6 14{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
}
 
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}
 
{ship
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}
 
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pend=H.17{{DittColl|pp. 82, 87}}
builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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launch=1915{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
comm=April, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
fate=to Chile
fate2=
fatedate=3 7 17{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
}
 
{ship
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pend=H.18{{DittColl|pp. 82, 87}}
builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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launch=1915{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
comm=April, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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fate2=
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}
 
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{ship
name=H 21
pend=H.21{{DittColl|pp. 82, 88}}
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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{ship
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{ship
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builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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{ship
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builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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comm=
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fate2=
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}
{ship
name=H 42
pend=H.42{{DittColl|pp. 82, 88}}
builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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comm=
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fate2=
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{ship
name=H 43
pend=H.43{{DittColl|pp. 82, 88}}
builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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{ship
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pend=H.44{{DittColl|pp. 82, 88}}
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{ship
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builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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comm=
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fate2=
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{ship
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pend=H.48{{DittColl|pp. 82, 88}}
builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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comm=
fate=Sold
fate2=
fatedate=8 35{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
}
{ship
name=H 49
pend=H.49{{DittColl|pp. 82, 88}}
builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
order="
laid=
launch=15 7 19{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
comm=
fate=Sunk
fate2=
fatedate=27 10 40{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
}
{ship
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builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 92}}
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comm=
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H 28, probably shown upon her acceptance.[1]

The Royal Navy's "H" Class Submarines were manufactured in Britain, America and Canada to a design similar to the American "H" class boats. They were considered coastal submarines.[2]

Characteristics[3]
  Groups 1 & 2 Group 3
Length (feet) 150 164
Breadth (feet) 15.25 ditto
Displacement (tons) 364/434 440/500
Draft 12-ft 4-in ditto
Speed (knots) 13/11 ditto

Design and Construction

Rough design drawing of Group 3 Boats.[4]

The forward diving planes could swivel forward and conform to the side of the boat for better surface seakeeping.

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.[5]

Torpedoes

Group 1-2:

  • four 18-in tubes forward

Group 3:

  • four 21-in tubes forward, six-eight torpedoes

Guns

H1 - H 4:[Citation needed]

  • one 6-pdr Q.F. gun

Others:[6]

  • None

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. p. 11.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 22.
  4. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. Plate 6.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. pp. 16-17.
  6. ↑ 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).


"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 –>



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