British V-class submarine (1914)

Class overview

Builders:	Vickers, Barrow
Operators:	Royal Navy
Completed:	4
General characteristics
Displacement:	391 tons surfaced / 457 tons submerged
Length:	45.0 m (147 ft 8 in)
Beam:	5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Draught:	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft Vickers 8-cyl Diesels, 2 Electric motors, 900 / 380 hp
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced/ 8.5 knots submerged
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
Complement:	20
Armament:	2 18 inch torpedo tubes - 4 torpedoes, 1 - 12-pounder gun

The British V class submarines were built by Vickers, Barrow during World War I in response to Scotts, Greenock building the British S class submarine (1914) and Armstrong Whitworth building the British W class submarine.

4 V class submarines were built.

Boats

HMS V1
HMS V2
HMS V3
HMS V4

References

The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston

British naval ship classes of the First World War

Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Anne^S^V Argus^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Empress^S^V Engadine^S^V Furious^M Manxman^S^V Nairana^S^V Pegasus^S^V Raven II^S^V Riviera^S^V Vindex^S^V Vindictive^S^V

Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson

Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X

Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur

Heavy cruisers	Hawkins

Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A

Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze

Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active

Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Admiralty (or Scott)^C Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C

Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F Cricket^G G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}

Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus

Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt 24^C

Gunboats	Fly Insect

Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V

A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled