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Revision as of 10:55, 24 May 2013
The Royal Navy's eight "D" Class Submarines entered service between 1908 and 1911.
They were significantly larger than the preceding classes and, with twice the endurance offered the British their first plausible ocean-going submarines.
| Overview of 8 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| D 1 | Vickers | 16 May, 1908 | Expended 23 Oct, 1918 | ||
| D 2 | Vickers | 25 May, 1910 | Sunk 25 Nov, 1914 | ||
| D 3 | Vickers | 17 Oct, 1910 | Sunk 15 Mar, 1918 | ||
| D 4 | Vickers | 27 May, 1911 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
| D 5 | Vickers | 28 Aug, 1911 | Mined 3 Nov, 1914 | ||
| D 6 | Vickers | 23 Oct, 1911 | Torpedoed 26 Jun, 1918 | ||
| D 7 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 14 Jan, 1911 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
| D 8 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 23 Sep, 1911 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
Contents
Torpedoes
- three 18-in tubes (two forward and one stern), six torpedoes
Guns
in D 4 only:
- one 12-pdr
See Also
Footnotes
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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