HMS B11
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 A scale model of the B11 in Holbrook, NSW |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS B11 |
| Builder: | Vickers |
| Launched: | 1906 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 287 tons surfaced 316 tons submerged |
| Length: | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced 7 kn (13 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced |
| Complement: | 15 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes |
HMS B11 was the last boat of the Royal Navy's B class of submarines.
On 13 December 1914, B11, commanded by Lieutenant Norman Douglas Holbrook, entered the Dardanelles and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Mesudiye. The town of Holbrook in New South Wales, Australia is named after this commander. Lt. Holbrook was awarded the Victoria Cross, the first for service in a submarine.
She was sold for scrap in 1919 in Italy.
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