HMS B10

Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS B10
Builder: Vickers
Launched: 23 March 1906
Completed: 28 April 1906
Fate: Sunk 9 August 1916
General characteristics
Class and type:B-class submarine
Displacement:287 tons surfaced
316 tons submerged
Length:135 ft (41 m)
Beam:13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Speed:12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced
7 kn (13 km/h) submerged
Range:1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced
Complement:15
Armament:2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes

HMS B10 was a Royal Navy B-class submarine, built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, launched 23 March 1906 and completed 28 April 1906.

Service history

B10 was deployed to the Mediterranean soon after the outbreak of World War I. Due to the lack of spare parts this group of submarines were not used after September 1915.

On 9 August 1916 B10 was sunk by aircraft of the Austrian Naval Air Service (Kaiserliche und Königliche Seeflugwesen) while under repair at Venice. She was lost as she was tied up after taking part in the blockade of Pula alongside the Italian cruiser Marco Polo, which was acting as a depot ship. B10 was the first submarine to be sunk by an aircraft.[1]

An attempt to repair the bomb damage was abandoned after a welding torch ignited a fuel tank resulting in further damage.[2] The submarine was then sold to be broken up.[2]

References

Specific
  1. ↑ Kemp, Paul J. (1990). British Submarines of World War One. London: Arms and Armour Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781854090102.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tall, J.J; Paul Kemp (1996). HM Submarines in Camera An Illustrated History of British Submarines. Sutton Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 0-7509-0875-0.
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