| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS H49 |
| Builder: | William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir |
| Laid down: | 15 July 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1919 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 18 October 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | H class submarine |
| Displacement: | 423 long tons (430 t) surfaced 510 long tons (518 t) submerged |
| Length: | 171 ft 0 in (52.12 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 480 hp (358 kW) diesel engine 2 × 620 hp (462 kW) electric motors |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 2,985 nmi (5,528 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) surfaced 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 22 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch torpedoes |
HMS H49 was a British H class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was laid down on 15 July 1919 and commissioned on 25 October 1919.
In March 1937 the submarine navigated the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in the company of HMS H33.[1] The trip had been arranged by Lieutenant J. Collett, the commander of HMS H49.[1]
HMS H49 survived until World War II when she was sunk by depth charging by German patrol craft commanded by Wolfgang Kaden belonging to the 5th German anti-submarine flotilla off Texel, Holland on 18 October 1940. There was only one survivor.[2][3]
In the mid 1980s amateur divers who had violated HMS H49's war grave status were prosecuted by the Dutch government.[2]
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