HMS L4

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Career

Name:	HMS L4
Builder:	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	21 June 1916
Commissioned:	26 December 1918
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 24 February 1934
General characteristics
Class & type:	L class submarine
Displacement:	890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged^[1]
Length:	222 ft (68 m)
Beam:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed:	17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 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:	35
Armament:	• 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 beam) • 10 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun

HMS L4 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 21 June 1916 and was commissioned on 26 December 1918.

Spear taken from the pirates who had seized SS Irene

On 20 October 1927 off Hong Kong, HMS L4 rescued the SS Irene and her crew from a pirate attack after firing her deck gun.

HMS L4 was sold on 24 February 1934 and then broken up in Charlestown, Fife.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "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

Only submarines that were completed are listed. List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

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