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Name: | HMS E48 |
Builder: | William Beardmore, Dalmuir |
Laid down: | 2 August 1916 |
Commissioned: | February 1917 |
Fate: | Scrapped, July 1928 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | E class submarine |
Displacement: | 662 long tons (673 t) surfaced 807 long tons (820 t) submerged |
Length: | 181 ft (55 m) |
Beam: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 × 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) diesel 2 × 840 hp (626 kW) electric 2 screws |
Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged |
Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced |
Complement: | 30 |
Armament: | • 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) • 1 × 12-pounder gun |
HMS E48 was a British E class submarine launched by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan in 1916 and was completed by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was laid down on 2 August 1916 and was commissioned in February 1917.
HMS E48 was used as a target in 1921 and was scrapped at Newport in July 1928.
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