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in broadside mounts. They carried four reload torpedoes for the 21-inch tubes for a grand total of ten torpedoes of all sizes. They were also armed with a 4-inch (102 mm)
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573:"The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)"
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The
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built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was one of five boats in the
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513:(reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing.
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552:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
554:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
327:of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). They
311:and its successors were enlarged to accommodate
385:was fitted with 16 vertical mine chutes in her
556:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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537:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
511:Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955
296:. The boat survived the war and was sold for
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1134:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
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162:1,600 hp (1,200 kW) (electric)
119:1,089 long tons (1,106 t) submerged
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1129:List of submarines of the Royal Navy
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129:238 ft 7 in (72.7 m)
116:914 long tons (929 t) surfaced
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145:13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
137:23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
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571:Harrison, A. N. (January 1979).
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619:British L-class submarines
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244:21 in (533 mm)
159:(1,800 kW) (diesel)
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509:Akermann, Paul (2002).
397:Construction and career
96:General characteristics
358:. They could reach 17
313:21-inch (53.3 cm)
304:Design and description
224:150 feet (45.7 m)
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421:. The periscope from
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375:18-inch (45 cm)
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292:to be fitted as a
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544:978-1-86176-281-8
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83:10 June 1918
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1061:Soviet Navy
393:per chute.
212:3,800
155:2,400
1165:1918 ships
1149:Categories
1070:Bezbozhnik
635:Royal Navy
503:References
229:Complement
221:Test depth
169:Propulsion
1117:Cancelled
575:. RN Subs
437:in 1918.
329:displaced
300:in 1934.
294:minelayer
251:2 × beam
72:Laid down
379:deck gun
263:deck gun
242:4 × bow
237:Armament
195:17
80:Launched
1096:M class
1090:J class
431:Gosport
419:Newport
407:Vickers
340:Vickers
333:ratings
317:overall
142:Draught
58:Builder
28:History
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342:1,200-
284:was a
260:4-inch
126:Length
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441:Notes
360:knots
325:draft
298:scrap
290:class
269:mines
209:Range
190:Speed
1073:(ex-
581:2022
558:ISBN
539:ISBN
515:ISBN
401:HMS
391:mine
321:beam
319:, a
279:HMS
258:1 ×
180:2 ×
174:2 ×
134:Beam
88:Fate
50:HMS
47:Name
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