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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 35 vessels
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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| {{Template:UK-L1}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|Apr, 1916
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|10 May, 1917
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|
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|Sold 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L2}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|Apr, 1916
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|6 Jul, 1917
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|
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|Sold 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L3}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|1 Sep, 1917
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|
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|Sold 1931
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L4}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|17 Nov, 1917
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1934
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L5}}
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|[[Swan Hunter]]
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|
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|26 Jan, 1918
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|
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|Sold 1931
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L6}}
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|[[Beardmore]]
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|
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|14 Jan, 1918
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|
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|Sold 1935
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L7}}
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|[[Cammell Laird]]
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|
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|24 Apr, 1917
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|
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|Sold 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L8}}
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|[[Cammell Laird]]
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|
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|7 Jul, 1917
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|
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|Sold Oct, 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L9}}
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|[[Denny]]
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|
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|29 Jan, 1918
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|
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|Sold Jun, 1927
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L10}}
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|[[Denny]]
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|
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|24 Jan, 1918
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|
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|Sunk 24 Jan, 1918
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L15}}
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|[[Fairfield]]
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|
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|16 Jan, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1932
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L16}}
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|[[Fairfield]]
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|
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|9 Apr, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1934
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L18}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|21 Nov, 1918
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|
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|Sold Oct, 1936
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L19}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|4 Feb, 1918
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|
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|Sold 1937
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L20}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|23 Sep, 1918
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|
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|Sold Jan, 1935
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L21}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|11 Oct, 1919
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1939
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L22}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|25 Oct, 1919
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|
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|Sold Aug, 1935
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L23}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|1 Jul, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L24}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|19 Feb, 1919
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|
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|Collision 14 Jan, 1924
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L26}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|29 May, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L27}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|14 Jun, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L32}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|23 Aug, 1919
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|
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|Sold Mar, 1920
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L33}}
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|[[Swan Hunter]]
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|
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|25 Sep, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1932
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L11}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|26 Feb, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1932
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L12}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|16 Mar, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1932
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L14}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|10 Jun, 1918
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|
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|Sold May, 1934
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L17}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|13 May, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1934
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L25}}
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|[[Vickers]]
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|
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|13 Feb, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1935
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L52}}
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|[[Armstrong]]
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|
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|18 Dec, 1918
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|
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|Sold 1935
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L53}}
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|[[Armstrong]]
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|
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|12 Aug, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1938
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L54}}
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|[[Denny]]
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|
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|20 Aug, 1919
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|
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|Sold 1938
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L55}}
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|[[Fairfield]]
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|
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|21 Sep, 1918
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|Dec, 1918
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|Sunk 9 Jun, 1919
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L56}}
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|[[Fairfield]]
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|
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|29 May, 1919
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|
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|Sold Mar, 1938
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L69}}
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|[[Beardmore]]
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|
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|6 Dec, 1918
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|
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|Sold Feb, 1939
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-L71}}
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|[[Scott]]
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|
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|17 May, 1919
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|
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|Sold Mar, 1938
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Revision as of 15:32, 24 May 2013

The Royal Navy's "L" Class Submarines were completed between November, 1917 and some well after the war.[1]

Torpedoes

L 1 Group:

  • six 18-in tubes (4 forward, 2 broadside), ten torpedoes

L 9 Group:

  • four 21-in bow, eight torpedoes
  • two 18-in broadside, two torpedoes

L 9 Group Minelayers:

  • four 21-in bow
  • 16 mines (only 14 in L 25)

L 50 Group:

  • six 21-in forward, 12 torpedoes

Guns

Initially, L 1:

  • one 3-in H.A. gun on disappearing mounting

Initially, L 2 to L 8:

  • unknown (varied)

Eventually, all L 1 Group

  • one 4-in

L 9 Group:

  • one 4-in gun on foredeck or on bridge (allegedly from L 12 onward, but one source indicates L 9)[2]

L 50 Group:

  • two 4-in Q.F. on bridge level

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 93, 94.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. drawing on p. 93.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


"L" Class Submarine
L 1 Group
  L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4  
  L 5 L 6 L 7 L 8  
L 9 Group
L 9 L 10 L 15 L 16 L 18
L 19 L 20 L 21 L 22 L 23
L 24 L 26 L 27 L 32 L 33
L 9 Group Minelayers
L 11 L 12 L 14 L 17 L 25
L 50 Group
L 52 L 53 L 54 L 55 L 56
  L 69 L 71  
<– "K" Class Submarines (UK) "M" Class –>



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