HMS H19

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HMS H19 was a British H class submarine built by Fore River, Quincy, Massachusetts as part of the second batch of H class submarines. HMS H19 was laid down and commissioned on unknown dates.

HMS H19 was not released to the British until the USA entered World War One. HMS H19 was one of the 5 H class submarines to be ceded to the Chilean navy as recompense for the inconvenience of purchasing two of its 28,000 ton dreadnoughts which were being built at the outbreak of World War One.

HMS H19 was renamed Quidora (H5) and served with the Chilean navy until 1953 when she was scrapped.

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  • Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson.