HMS H28
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS H28 |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 18 March 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 29 June 1918 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 18 August 1944 |
| 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 H28 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 18 March 1917 and was commissioned on 29 June 1918.
HMS H28 collided with a steamer in the Bruges Canal in May 1929.
H28 was scrapped on 18 August 1944 and was broken up in Troon.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day.
- Young, Edward, One of Our Submarines, Penguin 1955
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