HMS B5

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Name: HMS B5
Builder: Vickers
Launched: 14 November 1905
Completed: 25 February 1906
Fate: Sold for scrap 25 August 1921
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 B5 was a Royal Navy B class submarine, built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, launched 14 November 1905 and completed 25 February 1906.

B5 was sold on 25 August 1921 to AJ Anderson, then sold again on 1 March 1922 to J Smith, Poole.

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