"K" Class Submarine (1916)

Eighteen "K" class steam-powered fleet submarines were completed for the Royal Navy.

They were not a successful design.

Overview of 18 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
K 1	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard		14 Nov, 1916		Collision 17 Nov, 1917
K 2	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard		14 Oct, 1916		Sold Jul, 1926
K 3	Vickers		20 May, 1916		Sold Oct, 1921
K 4	Vickers		15 Jul, 1916		Collision 31 Jan, 1918
K 5	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard		16 Dec, 1916		Lost 20 Jan, 1921
K 6	Devonport Royal Dockyard		31 May, 1916		Sold Jul, 1926
K 7	Devonport Royal Dockyard		31 May, 1916		Sold Sep, 1921
K 8	Vickers		10 Oct, 1916		Sold Oct, 1923
K 9	Vickers		8 Nov, 1916		Sold Jul, 1926
K 10	Vickers		27 Dec, 1916		Sold Nov, 1921
K 11	Armstrong		16 Aug, 1916		Sold Nov, 1921
K 12	Armstrong		23 Feb, 1917		Sold Jul, 1926
K 13	Fairfield		11 Nov, 1916		Sold Dec, 1926
K 14	Fairfield		8 Feb, 1917		Sold Dec, 1926
K 15	Scott		31 Oct, 1917		Sold Aug, 1924
K 16	Beardmore		5 Nov, 1917		Sold Aug, 1924
K 17	Vickers		10 Apr, 1917		Collision 31 Jan, 1918
K 26	Vickers		26 Aug, 1919	Jun, 1923	Sold Mar, 1931

History

The boats were seemingly cursed.

Armament

Torpedoes

Original design Boats:

• ten 18-in tubes (four forward, four broadside, one twin revolving mount in superstructure) eighteen torpedoes

K 26:

• six 21-in tubes forward, twelve torpedoes
• four 18-in broadside tubes, eight torpedoes

Guns

Original design Boats:

• two 4-in Q.F. guns
• one 3-in H.A. mount

K 26:

• three 4-in Q.F. guns

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

"K" Class Submarine

Original Design

K 1

K 2

K 3

K 4

K 5

K 6

K 7

K 8

K 9

K 10

K 11

K 12

K 13

K 14

K 15

K 16

K 17

Improved Design

K 26

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