HMS L6

Career
Name: HMS L6
Builder: William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down: October 1916
Commissioned: 3 July 1918
Fate: Sold for scrapping, January 1935
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 L6 was a British L class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was laid down in October 1916 and was commissioned on 3 July 1918.

HMS L6 was sold in January 1935 in Newport, Monmouthshire.

References

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