HMS L11

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Career

Name:	HMS L11
Builder:	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	17 January 1917
Commissioned:	27 June 1918
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, February 1932
General characteristics
Class & type:	L class submarine
Displacement:	890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged^[1]
Length:	228 ft (69 m)
Beam:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced^[1]
Complement:	38
Armament:	• 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun^[1]

HMS L11 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 17 January 1917 and was commissioned on 27 June 1918.

HMS L11 was converted along with HMS L12 into a minelayer. These two submarines were the only two of the L class submarine group 1 to be converted. The rest of the L class converted were of group 2 design.

HMS L11 was sold in February 1932.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.

v t e British L-class submarine

L1 class	L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8

L9 class	L9 L10 L11 L12 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24 L25 L26 L27 L33

L50 class	L52 L53 L54 L55 L56 L69 L71

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