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==History== | ==History== | ||
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| + | They were required to "steam at 23 knots, to dive in five minutes, to dive for six hours, and to be seaworthy on the high seas." An oddly rosy post-war appraisal indicated that they surpassed their requirements, achieving dives in 24 minutes and 15 seconds ({{UK-K8}} managed 3 minutes, 25 seconds on one occasion). {{UK-K12}} maintained 24.2 knots over 72 miles. Ten hours of submerged endurance was manageable in calm weather, and two of the boats overtook the Grand Fleet in a gale in September 1918.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 6}} | ||
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
Revision as of 16:34, 7 June 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 | Jun, 1923 | Sold Mar, 1931 | |
History
The boats were seemingly cursed.
They were required to "steam at 23 knots, to dive in five minutes, to dive for six hours, and to be seaworthy on the high seas." An oddly rosy post-war appraisal indicated that they surpassed their requirements, achieving dives in 24 minutes and 15 seconds (K 8 managed 3 minutes, 25 seconds on one occasion). K 12 maintained 24.2 knots over 72 miles. Ten hours of submerged endurance was manageable in calm weather, and two of the boats overtook the Grand Fleet in a gale in September 1918.[1]
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
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 6.
Bibliography
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| K 11 | K 12 | K 13 | K 14 | K 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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