| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS D5 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 23 February 1910 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 19 February 1911 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 3 November 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | D class submarine |
| Displacement: | 483 long tons (491 t) (surfaced) 595 long tons (605 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 163 ft (50 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) (o/a) |
| Installed power: | 1,750 hp (1,300 kW) (diesel engines) 550 hp (410 kW) (electric motors) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors 2 × screws |
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| Range: | 2,500 nmi (2,900 mi; 4,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) 45 nmi (52 mi; 83 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) |
| Complement: | 25 |
| Armament: | 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 forward, one aft; 6 torpedoes)[1], 1 × 12 pdr (5.4 kg) deck gun[2] |
HMS D5 was a British D class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. D5 was laid down on 23 February 1910, launched on 28 August 1911 and was commissioned on 19 February 1911.
D5 met her fate 2 mi (3.2 km) south of South Cross Buoy off Great Yarmouth in the North Sea. She was sunk by a German mine laid by Stralsund on 3 November 1914 after responding to a German attack on Yarmouth by cruisers. There were only five survivors, including her commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Herbert.
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