HMS H24
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Name: | HMS H24 |
Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down: | 13 November 1917 |
Commissioned: | 30 April 1918 |
Fate: | Sold, 4 May 1934 |
General characteristics | |
Class & 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 H24 was a British H class submarine built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, as part of the Batch 3 H class submarines. She was laid down on 13 November 1917 and was commissioned on 30 April 1918.
H24 was rammed by HMS Vancouver in July 1922 badly damaging her conning tower.
HMS H24 was sold on 4 May 1934 in Sunderland.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day.
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