HMS L56

Career
Name: HMS L56
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down: 16 October 1917
Commissioned: 14 August 1918
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 25 March 1938
General characteristics
Class and type: L class submarine
Displacement: 960 long tons (975 t) surfaced
1,150 long tons (1,168 t) submerged[1]
Length: 230 ft 6 in (70.26 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed: 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) surfaced
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range: 4,800 nmi (8,900 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced[1]
Complement: 44
Armament: • 6 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
• 12 × 21 inch torpedoes
• 2 × 4-inch guns[1]

HMS L56 was a British L class submarine built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Clyde. She was laid down on 16 October 1917 and was commissioned on 14 August 1918.

HMS L56 was sold on 25 March 1938.

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.