HMS D7
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS D7 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 14 February 1910 |
| Launched: | 14 January 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 14 December 1911 |
| Fate: | Sold 19 December 1921 to H. Pounds |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | D class submarine |
| Displacement: | Surfaced= 483 tons / Submerged= 595 tons |
| Length: | 163.0 ft (49.7 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) (oa) |
| Propulsion: | 550hp electric 1750hp diesel twin screws |
| Speed: | Surfaced=14.0 kts / Dived= 10.0 (design) 9.0 (service) |
| Range: | Surface= 2500nm at 10 kts / Submerged=45nm at 5knots |
| Complement: | 25 |
| Armament: | 3x18 in (46 cm) torpedo tubes (2 forward, one aft, 6 torpedoes)[1] / 1x12 pdr (76 mm) QF gun[2] |
HMS D7 was a British D class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard. D7 was laid down on 14 February 1910, launched 14 January 1911 and was commissioned on 14 December 1911.
D7 torpedoed U-45 on the surface with a single shot from 800 yards off the North coast of Ireland on 12 September 1917. The torpedo was launched from the stern torpedo tube. Then on the 10 February 1918, D7 was mistakenly depth charged by HMS Pelican but she survived. D7 collided with a U boat in May 1918. Her periscopes were damaged but she escaped otherwise unscathed.
D7 was sold on 19 December 1921 to H. Pounds.
References
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard. Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 7, p.674, "D.1".
- ↑ Fitzsimons, p.674.
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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