HMS H5

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Career
A view from the bridge of HMS H5.
Name:	HMS H5
Builder:	Canadian Vickers, Montreal
Launched:	June 1915
Fate:	Sunk, 2 March 1918
General characteristics
Class & type:	H class submarine
Displacement:	363 long tons (369 t) surfaced 434 long tons (441 t) submerged
Length:	150 ft 3 in (45.80 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:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range:	1,600 nmi (3,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged
Complement:	22
Armament:	• 4 × 18 in (457 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 8 × 18 inch torpedoes

HMS H5, was a British H-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was sunk after being rammed by the British merchantman Rutherglen, mistaken for a German U-boat, on 2 March 1918. All on board perished.

Stoker Petty Officer Thomas Lloyd was among the casualties. He, and all the rest of the crew are commemorated on Panel 29 at Royal Navy Submarine Museum. Also on board was US Navy Lt. Earle Wayne Freed Childs from the American submarine AL-2 as an observer, he became the first US submariner to lose his life in the First World War. The wreck site is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act.

A plaque commemorating the 26 who died was dedicated on Armed Forces Day 2010 in Holyhead^[1]

References

↑ "Ceremony for Armed Forces Day marks submarine tragedy". BBCNews (BBC). 19 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

MCA website: controlled sites under the Protection of Military Remains Act
SI 2008/950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986

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Royal Canadian Navy CH class	CH-14 CH-15

Chilean Navy Chilean H class	H1 ⁄ Guacolda H2 ⁄ Tegualda H3 ⁄ Rucumilla H4 ⁄ Guale H5 ⁄ Quidora H6 ⁄ Fresia

Regia Marina Italian H class	H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8

Imperial Russian and Soviet Navies American Holland class	AG-11 AG-12 AG-13 / AG-16 AG-14 AG-15 AG-21 AG-22 AG-23 AG-24 AG-25 AG-26 AG-27

Royal Navy British H class	H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16 H17 H18 H19 H20 H21 H22 H23 H24 H25 H26 H27 H28 H29 H30 H31 H32 H33 H34 H41 H42 H43 H44 H47 H48 H49 H50 H51 H52

United States Navy United States H class	H-1 H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-8 H-9

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