HMS D5
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HMS D5 was a British D class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. D5 was laid down on 23 February 1910, launched 28 August 1911 and was commissioned on 19 February 1911.
D5 met her fate 2 miles south of South Cross Buoy off Great Yarmouth in the North Sea. She was sunk by a British mine on 3 November 1914. There were only 5 survivors including her CO Lt Cdr Godfrey Herbert.
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- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day, By Robert Hutchinson
- 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.
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