HMS R12
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HMS R12 was a British R class submarine built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was laid down on the 1 December 1917 and launched 9 April 1918. R12 was commissioned on 29 October 1919. She came too late to see any combat in World War One like most of the other R class submarines. R12 was paid off in December 1919 and sold on 21 February 1923 to J Smith.
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- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day. By Robert Hutchinson.
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.