HMS B6

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Career
HMS B6 in the solent
Name:	HMS B6
Builder:	Vickers
Launched:	30 November 1905
Completed:	3 March 1906
Fate:	Sold for scrap 1921
General characteristics
Displacement:	287 tons surfaced 316 tons submerged
Length:	135 ft (41 m)
Beam:	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Speed:	12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced 7 kn (13 km/h) submerged
Range:	1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced
Complement:	15
Armament:	2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes

HMS B6 was a Royal Navy B class submarine, built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, launched 30 November 1905 and completed 3 March 1906.

B6 was deployed to the Mediterranean soon after the outbreak of World War I. Due to the lack of spare parts this group of submarines were not used after September 1915. In 1917 the Italian Navy converted B6 into to surface patrol boat S6 to serve in the Adriatic.

B6 was sold in 1921 to Messrs. Francotosti, Malta.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

v t e British B-class submarine

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11

Preceded by: A-class Followed by: C-class List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

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