British F class submarine
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |  Royal Navy |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced: 353tons Submerged: 525tons |
| Length: | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft 1.25 in (4.909 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesels, 2 electric motors, 900bhp/400shp |
| Speed: |
Surfaced: 14.5knots Submerged: 8.75knots |
| Range: | 3000nm at 9knots |
| Complement: | 19 |
| Armament: |
3-18in Torpedo Tube (2 bow/1 stern) 6 torpedoes 1-2pdr |
The F class submarine was built for the Royal Navy as a coastal submarine based on the doubled hulled British V class submarine (WW1) with very few minor improvements. The only important improvement was the addition of a stern torpedo tube. The F class were ordered as a successor to the British E class submarine but only 3 were built out of the 10 ordered.
During World War I, the F class submarine was primarily used for coastal defence.
Only three of the class were built, the first F1 being built at Chatham. All three of the class survived the war and ended their service as training boats at Campbeltown. F1 and F3 were scrapped in 1920, F2 was sold in 1922.
[edit] Boats
- HMS F1, launched 1913
- HMS F2, launched 1917
- HMS F3, launched 1916
[edit] References
- The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
