HMS H1 | |
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Career | |
Name: | HMS H1 |
Builder: | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
Laid down: | 11 January 1915 |
Commissioned: | 26 May 1915 |
Fate: | Sold, 7 March 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | H class submarine |
Displacement: |
363 long tons (369 t) surfaced 434 long tons (441 t) submerged |
Length: | 150 ft 3 in (45.80 m) |
Beam: | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Propulsion: |
1 × 480 hp (358 kW) diesel engine 2 × 620 hp (462 kW) electric motors |
Speed: |
13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged |
Range: |
1,600 nmi (3,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged |
Complement: | 22 |
Armament: |
• 4 × 18 in (457 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 8 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × QF 6 pounder gun[1] |
HMS H1 was a British H-class submarine built by Canadian Vickers Co., Montreal. She was laid down on 11 January 1915 and was commissioned on 26 May 1915.
H1 crossed the Atlantic from St John's, Newfoundland to Gibraltar escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Calgarian. She was accompanied by H2, H3 and H4. H1 mistakenly sank Italian submarine H5 off Cattaro on 15 April 1918.
H1 was sold on 7 March 1921 in Malta.
References[]
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day.
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