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==History== | |||
The boats were seemingly cursed. | |||
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
===Torpedoes=== | ===Torpedoes=== | ||
Original design Boats: | |||
* ten 18-in tubes (four forward, four broadside, one twin revolving mount in superstructure) eighteen torpedoes | * 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=== | ===Guns=== | ||
Original design Boats: | |||
* two 4-in Q.F. guns | * two 4-in Q.F. guns | ||
* one 3-in H.A. mount | * one 3-in H.A. mount | ||
K 26: | |||
* three 4-in Q.F. guns | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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order= | order=Early 1918{{Conways1906|p. 92}} | ||
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launch=26 8 19{{Conways1906|p. 92}} | launch=26 8 19{{Conways1906|p. 92}} | ||
comm= | comm=June, 1923{{Conways1906|p. 92}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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Revision as of 22:41, 27 May 2013
Eighteen "K" class steam-powered fleet submarines were completed for the Royal Navy.
They were not a successful design.
| Overview of 18 vessels | |||||
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| 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 | 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
Footnotes
Bibliography
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