HMS H23

Career
Name:	HMS H23
Builder:	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	3 March 1918
Commissioned:	25 May 1918
Fate:	Sold, 4 May 1934
General characteristics
Class and type:	H class submarine
Displacement:	423 long tons (430 t) surfaced 510 long tons (518 t) submerged
Length:	171 ft 0 in (52.12 m)
Beam:	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion:	1 × 480 hp (358 kW) diesel engine 2 × 620 hp (462 kW) electric motors
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range:	2,985 nmi (5,528 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) surfaced 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged
Complement:	22
Armament:	• 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch torpedoes

HMS H23 was a British H class submarine built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness as part of the Batch 3 H class submarine. She was laid down on 3 March 1918 and was commissioned on 25 May 1918.

HMS H23 was sold on 4 May 1934 in Sunderland.

References

• Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day. 

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