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reported spotting a periscope and being missed by a torpedo while beginning a patrol on 28 February; postwar research has revealed that no enemy submarines were in the area where in the incident occurred. By 27 April the boat was being refitted at Venice. After its completion in early May, the boat
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coast on 8 November, although she was unable to attack it. The five
British submarines made a total of 13 patrols off the Austro-Hungarian coast before the end of 1915, hampered by bad weather and drifting
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in August 1914, the B-class submarines were transferred to the
Dardanelles area in mid-September to prevent any breakout attempt by the German ships. After the arrival of the larger and more modern
391:) on the surface and 316 long tons (321 t) submerged. The boats could dive to a depth of 100 feet (30.5 m). The B-class submarines had a crew of two officers and thirteen
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in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.
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that was intended to prevent the Austro-Hungarian Navy from breaking out of the
Adriatic, although she proved to be very unreliable in service.
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creek, near
Portsmouth. She was floated off at high tide early the next day without sustaining any damage. In 1912, HMS
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47,000. The B-class submarines were initially assigned to the Third
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began her first patrol of the month on the 23rd. She was attacked by the Austro-Hungarian submarine
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was immediately sent to the dockyard to repair damage suffered when she collided with the
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in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1906, she was initially assigned to the
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367:. The submarines had a length of 142 feet 3 inches (43.4 m)
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The B class was an enlarged and improved version of the preceding
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was slightly damaged when a bomb struck and sank her sister
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447:Ordered as part of the 1904–1905 Naval Programme,
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379:of 11 feet 2 inches (3.4 m). They
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486:ran aground on a mud bank off the entrance to
343:in 1916 to support Italian forces against the
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1028:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
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1002:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
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165:316 long tons (321 t) (submerged)
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134:General characteristics
42:, between 1906 and 1912
421:. They could reach 12
359:Design and description
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1038:Royal Navy ship names
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698:Akermann, pp. 123–125
434:18-inch (450 mm)
345:Austro-Hungarian Navy
805:– via RN Subs.
686:Harrison, Chapter 27
605:dived upon spotting
508:were transferred to
337:Dardanelles Campaign
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1017:Categories
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472:Portsmouth
462:. She was
402:(447
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476:Devonport
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523:Breslau
453:Vickers
408:Vickers
393:ratings
369:overall
365:A class
287:ratings
188:Draught
89:Vickers
85:Builder
77:Ordered
48:History
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377:draft
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262:Range
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243:Speed
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