HMS H4
 HMS H4 at Brindisi, August 1916 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS H4 |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
| Laid down: | 11 January 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 5 June 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold, 30 November 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | H class submarine |
| Displacement: | 363 long tons (369 t) surfaced 434 long tons (441 t) submerged |
| Length: | 150 ft 3 in (45.80 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: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 22 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 18 in (457 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 8 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × QF 6 pounder gun[1] |
HMS H4
HMS H4 was a British H-class submarine built by the Canadian Vickers Co., Montreal. She was laid down on 11 January 1915 and was commissioned on 5 June 1915.
After her commissioning, HMS H4 and sister ships H1, H2 and H3 crossed the Atlantic from St. John's, Newfoundland to Gibraltar being escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Calgarian.
H4 sank the U-boat UB-52 in the Adriatic on 23 May 1918.
She was sold on 30 November 1921 in Malta.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day.
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