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Revision as of 10:45, 24 May 2013
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.
| Overview of 11 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| 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 | ||
Contents
Torpedoes
- two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes
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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