HMS L5

Career
Name: HMS L5
Builder: Swan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid down: 23 August 1916
Commissioned: 15 May 1918
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 1931
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: 222 ft (68 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed: 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 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: 35
Armament: • 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 beam)
• 10 × 18 inch torpedoes
• 1 × 4-inch gun

HMS L5 was a British L class submarine built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend. She was laid down on 23 August 1916 and was commissioned on 15 May 1918.

HMS L5 was sold in 1931 and broken up in Charlestown, Fife.

References

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