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Latest revision as of 19:01, 6 April 2018
The four "V" Class Submarines, coastal submarines built by Vickers and quite similar to Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's "S" class, entered service in 1915-16 and were taken out of service very shortly after the end of the war.
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
V 1 | Vickers | 23 Jul, 1914 | May, 1915 | Sold Nov, 1921 | |
V 2 | Vickers | 17 Feb, 1915 | Nov, 1915 | Sold Nov, 1921 | |
V 3 | Vickers | 1 Apr, 1915 | Jan, 1916 | Sold Oct, 1920 | |
V 4 | Vickers | 25 Nov, 1915 | Mar, 1915 | Sold Oct, 1920 |
Torpedoes
- two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes
In 1913, it appears that it was hoped that seven 18-in Mark VIII torpedos could be carried.[1]
Guns
- one 12-pdr
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 46.
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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