| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Operators: | Royal Navy |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 391 tons surfaced / 457 tons submerged |
| Length: | 45.0 m (147 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 5.0 m (16 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Vickers 8-cyl Diesels, 2 Electric motors, 900 / 380 hp |
| Speed: | 14 knots surfaced/ 8.5 knots submerged |
| Range: | 3000 nm at 9 kts surfaced |
| Complement: | 20 |
| Armament: | 2 18 inch torpedo tubes - 4 torpedoes, 1 - 12pdr gun |
The British V class submarines were built by Vickers, Barrow during World War I in response to Scotts, Greenock building the British S class submarine (1914) and Armstrong Whitworth building the British W class submarine.
4 V class submarines were built.