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− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P11}} |
− | |[[J | + | |[[J. Samuel White]] |
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− | | | + | |14 Oct, 1915 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P12}} |
− | |[[J | + | |[[J. Samuel White]] |
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− | | | + | |4 Dec, 1915 |
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|Collision 4 Nov, 1918 | |Collision 4 Nov, 1918 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P13}} |
− | |[[Hamilton]] | + | |[[William Hamilton & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |7 Jun, 1916 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P14}} |
− | |[[Connell]] | + | |[[Charles Connell & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |4 Jul, 1916 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P15}} |
− | |[[Workman Clark]] | + | |[[Workman Clark & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |24 Jan, 1916 |
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|Sold Nov, 1921 | |Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P16}} |
− | |[[Workman Clark]] | + | |[[Workman Clark & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |23 Mar, 1916 |
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|Sold Nov, 1921 | |Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P17}} |
− | |[[Workman Clark]] | + | |[[Workman Clark & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |21 Oct, 1915 |
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|Sold Nov, 1921 | |Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P18}} |
− | |[[Inglis]] | + | |[[A. & J. Inglis]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |20 Apr, 1916 |
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|Sold Nov, 1921 | |Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P19}} |
− | |[[Northumberland Shipbuilding]] | + | |[[Northumberland Shipbuilding Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |21 Feb, 1916 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P20}} |
− | |[[Northumberland Shipbuilding]] | + | |[[Northumberland Shipbuilding Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |3 Apr, 1916 |
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|Sold May, 1923 | |Sold May, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P21}} |
|[[Russell]] | |[[Russell]] | ||
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− | |1916 | + | |31 Mar, 1916 |
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|Sold Nov, 1921 | |Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P22}} |
− | |[[Caird]] | + | |[[Caird & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |22 Feb, 1916 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P23}} |
− | |[[Bartram]] | + | |[[Bartram & Sons]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |5 Mar, 1916 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P24}} |
|[[Harland & Wolff]], Govan | |[[Harland & Wolff]], Govan | ||
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− | | | + | |24 Nov, 1915 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P25}} |
|[[Harland & Wolff]], Govan | |[[Harland & Wolff]], Govan | ||
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− | |1916 | + | |15 Jan, 1916 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P26}} |
− | |[[Tyne Iron Shipbuilding]] | + | |[[Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company]] |
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− | | | + | |22 Dec, 1915 |
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|Mined 10 Apr, 1917 | |Mined 10 Apr, 1917 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P27}} |
− | |[[Eltringham]] | + | |[[Joseph T. Eltringham & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |21 Dec, 1915 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P28}} |
− | |[[ | + | |[[J. & G. Thomson]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |6 Mar, 1916 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P29}} |
− | |[[Gray]] | + | |[[William Gray & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |6 Dec, 1915 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P30}} |
− | |[[Gray]] | + | |[[William Gray & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |5 Feb, 1916 |
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|Sold Jul, 1923 | |Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P31}} |
− | |[[Readhead]] | + | |[[J. Readhead & Sons]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |5 Feb, 1916 |
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|Sold Dec, 1926 | |Sold Dec, 1926 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P32}} |
− | |[[Harkess]] | + | |[[W. Harkess & Sons]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |20 Jan, 1916 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P33}} |
|[[Napier & Miller]] | |[[Napier & Miller]] | ||
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− | |1916 | + | |8 Jun, 1916 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P34}} |
− | |[[Barclay Curle]] | + | |[[Barclay Curle & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |22 Mar, 1916 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P35}} |
− | |[[Caird]] | + | |[[Caird & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |29 Jan, 1917 |
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|Sold Jan, 1923 | |Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P36}} |
− | |[[Caird]] | + | |[[Caird & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |25 Oct, 1916 |
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|Sold Jan, 1923 | |Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P37}} |
− | |[[Gray]] | + | |[[William Gray & Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |28 Oct, 1916 |
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|Sold Feb, 1924 | |Sold Feb, 1924 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P38}} |
− | |[[Caird]] | + | |[[Caird & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |10 Feb, 1917 |
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|Sold May, 1938 | |Sold May, 1938 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P39}} |
− | |[[Inglis]] | + | |[[A. & J. Inglis]] |
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− | | | + | |1 Mar, 1917 |
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|Sold Sep, 1922 | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P40}} |
− | |[[J | + | |[[J. Samuel White]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |12 Jul, 1916 |
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|Broken up 1938 | |Broken up 1938 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P41}} |
− | |[[Bartram]] | + | |[[Bartram & Sons]] |
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− | | | + | |23 Mar, 1917 |
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|Sold Sep, 1922 | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P45}} |
− | |[[Gray]] | + | |[[William Gray & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |24 Jan, 1917 |
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|Sold Jan, 1923 | |Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P46}} |
− | |[[Harkess]] | + | |[[W. Harkess & Sons]] |
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− | | | + | |7 Feb, 1917 |
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|Sold Oct, 1925 | |Sold Oct, 1925 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P47}} |
− | |[[Readhead]] | + | |[[J. Readhead & Sons]] |
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− | | | + | |9 Jul, 1917 |
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|Sold Oct, 1925 | |Sold Oct, 1925 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P48}} |
− | |[[Readhead]] | + | |[[J. Readhead & Sons]] |
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− | | | + | |5 Sep, 1917 |
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|Sold May, 1923 | |Sold May, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P49}} |
− | |[[ | + | |[[J. & G. Thomson]] |
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− | | | + | |19 Apr, 1917 |
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|Sold Jan, 1923 | |Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P50}} |
− | |[[Tyne Iron Shipbuilding]] | + | |[[Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |25 Nov, 1916 |
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|Sold Oct, 1921 | |Sold Oct, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P52}} |
− | |[[J | + | |[[J. Samuel White]] |
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− | |1916 | + | |28 Sep, 1916 |
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|Sold May, 1923 | |Sold May, 1923 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P53}} |
− | |[[Barclay Curle]] | + | |[[Barclay Curle & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |8 Feb, 1917 |
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|Sold Feb, 1924 | |Sold Feb, 1924 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P54}} |
− | |[[Barclay Curle]] | + | |[[Barclay Curle & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |25 Apr, 1917 |
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|Sold Feb, 1924 | |Sold Feb, 1924 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P57}} |
− | |[[Hamilton]] | + | |[[William Hamilton & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |6 Aug, 1917 |
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|to Egypt 21 May, 1920 | |to Egypt 21 May, 1920 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P58}} |
− | |[[Hamilton]] | + | |[[William Hamilton & Company]] |
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− | | | + | |9 May, 1918 |
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|Sold Dec, 1921 | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P59}} |
− | |[[J | + | |[[J. Samuel White]] |
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− | | | + | |2 Nov, 1917 |
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|Sold Jun, 1938 | |Sold Jun, 1938 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
− | | {{ | + | | {{UK-P64}} |
− | |[[Inglis]] | + | |[[A. & J. Inglis]] |
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− | | | + | |30 Aug, 1917 |
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|Sold Apr, 1923 | |Sold Apr, 1923 | ||
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==Design== | ==Design== | ||
− | + | "P" boats resembled submarines, with a low appearance and ram bow. Large rudders combined with a sprightly hull form ensured high manoeuvrability. | |
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==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
+ | * one 4-in gun forward (a second, aft, in {{UK-P52}}). | ||
+ | * one 2-pdr pom-pom | ||
+ | * two single 14-in torpedo tubes (seemingly fitted to fire at fixed angles on the quarters, these were removed by 1918 to make room for more depth charges{{ARTS1918|p. 84}}) | ||
+ | * two cradles aft for single depth charges | ||
− | + | Many of the 14-in torpedo tubes removed from these boats was fitted in destroyers of the [[Harwich Force]] and [[Dover Patrol]] as fixed tubes firing on the beam.{{ARTS1918|p. 84}} | |
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | * [http://blog.twmuseums.org.uk/p-boats-of-the-first-world-war-william-bartram-and-p23/ Blog posting with a diary of the building of P23] | ||
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_P_class_patrol_boat}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_P_class_patrol_boat}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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− | launch= | + | launch=21 2 16{{DittColl|p. 98}} |
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− | launch= | + | launch=22 12 15{{DittColl|p. 98}} |
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 13 July 2019
A total of 43 "P" Boats were completed for patrol work with the Royal Navy. Ten additional vessels (seemingly, Ps 42-44, 51, 55, 56, 60-63) were started but were completed as "PC" Boats.
All were launched between October 1915 and May 1918, but the launch dates we provide are approximate.
Overview of 44 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
P11 | J. Samuel White | 14 Oct, 1915 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P12 | J. Samuel White | 4 Dec, 1915 | Collision 4 Nov, 1918 | ||
P13 | William Hamilton & Company | 7 Jun, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P14 | Charles Connell & Company | 4 Jul, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P15 | Workman Clark & Company | 24 Jan, 1916 | Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
P16 | Workman Clark & Company | 23 Mar, 1916 | Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
P17 | Workman Clark & Company | 21 Oct, 1915 | Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
P18 | A. & J. Inglis | 20 Apr, 1916 | Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
P19 | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company | 21 Feb, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P20 | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company | 3 Apr, 1916 | Sold May, 1923 | ||
P21 | Russell | 31 Mar, 1916 | Sold Nov, 1921 | ||
P22 | Caird & Company | 22 Feb, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P23 | Bartram & Sons | 5 Mar, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P24 | Harland & Wolff, Govan | 24 Nov, 1915 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P25 | Harland & Wolff, Govan | 15 Jan, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P26 | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | 22 Dec, 1915 | Mined 10 Apr, 1917 | ||
P27 | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 21 Dec, 1915 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P28 | J. & G. Thomson | 6 Mar, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P29 | William Gray & Company | 6 Dec, 1915 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P30 | William Gray & Company | 5 Feb, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
P31 | J. Readhead & Sons | 5 Feb, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1926 | ||
P32 | W. Harkess & Sons | 20 Jan, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P33 | Napier & Miller | 8 Jun, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P34 | Barclay Curle & Company | 22 Mar, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P35 | Caird & Company | 29 Jan, 1917 | Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
P36 | Caird & Company | 25 Oct, 1916 | Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
P37 | William Gray & Company | 28 Oct, 1916 | Sold Feb, 1924 | ||
P38 | Caird & Company | 10 Feb, 1917 | Sold May, 1938 | ||
P39 | A. & J. Inglis | 1 Mar, 1917 | Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
P40 | J. Samuel White | 12 Jul, 1916 | Broken up 1938 | ||
P41 | Bartram & Sons | 23 Mar, 1917 | Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
P45 | William Gray & Company | 24 Jan, 1917 | Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
P46 | W. Harkess & Sons | 7 Feb, 1917 | Sold Oct, 1925 | ||
P47 | J. Readhead & Sons | 9 Jul, 1917 | Sold Oct, 1925 | ||
P48 | J. Readhead & Sons | 5 Sep, 1917 | Sold May, 1923 | ||
P49 | J. & G. Thomson | 19 Apr, 1917 | Sold Jan, 1923 | ||
P50 | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | 25 Nov, 1916 | Sold Oct, 1921 | ||
P52 | J. Samuel White | 28 Sep, 1916 | Sold May, 1923 | ||
P53 | Barclay Curle & Company | 8 Feb, 1917 | Sold Feb, 1924 | ||
P54 | Barclay Curle & Company | 25 Apr, 1917 | Sold Feb, 1924 | ||
P57 | William Hamilton & Company | 6 Aug, 1917 | to Egypt 21 May, 1920 | ||
P58 | William Hamilton & Company | 9 May, 1918 | Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
P59 | J. Samuel White | 2 Nov, 1917 | Sold Jun, 1938 | ||
P64 | A. & J. Inglis | 30 Aug, 1917 | Sold Apr, 1923 |
Design
"P" boats resembled submarines, with a low appearance and ram bow. Large rudders combined with a sprightly hull form ensured high manoeuvrability.
Armament
- one 4-in gun forward (a second, aft, in P52).
- one 2-pdr pom-pom
- two single 14-in torpedo tubes (seemingly fitted to fire at fixed angles on the quarters, these were removed by 1918 to make room for more depth charges[1])
- two cradles aft for single depth charges
Many of the 14-in torpedo tubes removed from these boats was fitted in destroyers of the Harwich Force and Dover Patrol as fixed tubes firing on the beam.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 84.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 84.
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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P41 | P45 | P46 | P47 | P48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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P57 | P58 | P59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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