HMS L18

Career
Name: HMS L18
Builder: Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 22 June 1917
Fate: Sold for scrapping, October 1936
General characteristics
Class and type: L class submarine
Displacement: 890 long tons (904 t) surfaced
1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged[1]
Length: 228 ft (69 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range: 2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1]
Complement: 38
Armament: • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
• 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes
• 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes
• 1 × 4-inch gun[1]

HMS L18 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 22 June 1917 and was commissioned on an unknown date.

L18 was sold in October 1936 at Pembroke Dock.

References

  1. ^ a b c "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/l_class.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2010.