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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''W 4''''' was one of 4 submarines of the [["W" Class Submarine (1914)|W class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''W 4''''' was one of four [["W" Class Submarine (1914)|"W" class submarines]] built by [[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]] andgiven to Italy in August, 1916.
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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}}
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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}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 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 andgiven to Italy in August, 1916.

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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