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Revision as of 12:22, 8 June 2013
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.
| Overview of 10 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| R 1 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 25 Apr, 1918 | Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
| R 2 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 25 Apr, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
| R 3 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 8 Jun, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
| R 4 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 8 Jun, 1918 | Sold May, 1934 | ||
| R 7 | Vickers | 14 May, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
| R 8 | Vickers | 28 Jun, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
| R 9 | Armstrong | 12 Aug, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
| R 10 | Armstrong | 5 Oct, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1929 | ||
| R 11 | Cammell Laird | 16 Mar, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
| R 12 | Cammell Laird | 9 Apr, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
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.[1]
Torpedoes
- six 18-in tubes forward, twelve torpedoes
Guns
None
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. pp. 16-17.
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).
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