"B" Class Submarine (1904)
From The Dreadnought Project
The Royal Navy's eleven "B" Class Submarines entered service between July 1903 and early 1906.
They were modest improvements on the preceding class, offering greater reserve buoyancy and enlarged casing to improve surface operations. There were ten in commission at the start of the war.[1]
Overview of 11 vessels | |||||
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
B 1 | Vickers | 25 Oct, 1904 | Sold May, 1921 | ||
B 2 | Vickers | 30 Oct, 1905 | Rammed 4 Oct, 1912 | ||
B 3 | Vickers | 31 Oct, 1905 | Sold Dec, 1919 | ||
B 4 | Vickers | 14 Nov, 1905 | Sold Apr, 1919 | ||
B 5 | Vickers | 14 Nov, 1905 | Sold Aug, 1921 | ||
B 6 | Vickers | 30 Nov, 1905 | Sold 1919 | ||
B 7 | Vickers | 30 Nov, 1905 | Sold 1919 | ||
B 8 | Vickers | 23 Jan, 1906 | Sold 1919 | ||
B 9 | Vickers | 24 Jan, 1906 | Sold 1919 | ||
B 10 | Vickers | 23 Mar, 1906 | Bombed 9 Aug, 1916 | ||
B 11 | Vickers | 21 Feb, 1906 | Sold 1919 |
After the war, the "B" and "C" class submarines were described as "very good in their day", but with too small a radius to be able to truly operate on enemy coasts.[2]
Contents
Torpedoes
- two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.
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).
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