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==Service==
 
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Paid off for the first time on 7 August, 1916<ref>Richardson Service Record.</ref> as she transferred into Italian service as ''W 4''.{{Conways1906|p. 277}}
 
Paid off for the first time on 7 August, 1916<ref>Richardson Service Record.</ref> as she transferred into Italian service as ''W 4''.{{Conways1906|p. 277}}
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In Italian hands, ''W 4'' was lost between 4 and 6 August 1917, perhaps to an Austrian mine off Cape Rodoni.{{Conways1906|p. 277}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 21:16, 9 March 2020

H.M.S. W 4 (1915)
Pendant Number: I.9A (1914)
W.4 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Ordered: August, 1913[3]
Launched: 25 Nov, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1916[5]
to Italy: 7 Aug, 1916[6]

H.M.S. W 4 was one of four "W" class submarines built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Company and, like the "S" class boats, given to Italy in the summer of 1915.

Service

Paid off for the first time on 7 August, 1916[7] as she transferred into Italian service as W 4.[8]

In Italian hands, W 4 was lost between 4 and 6 August 1917, perhaps to an Austrian mine off Cape Rodoni.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 86.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 89.
  3. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 21.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 89.
  5. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 89.
  7. Richardson Service Record.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 277.
  9. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 277.

Bibliography


"W" Class Submarine
  W 1 W 2 W 3 W 4  
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