HMS R1

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HMS R1 was a British R class submarine built at Chatham Dockyard. She was laid down on the 4 February 1917 and launched 25 April 1918 by Lady Sturdee. R1 was commissioned on the 14 October 1918. She came too late to see any combat in World War I like most of the other R class submarines. R1 was sold on the 20 January 1923 to J Smith.

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• Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day. By Robert Hutchinson.
• 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.