HMS H43

Career
Name: HMS H43
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Laid down: 4 October 1917
Commissioned: 25 November 1919
Fate: Sold for scrapping, November 1944
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 H43 was a British H class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. She was laid down on 4 October 1917 and was commissioned on 25 November 1919.

HMS H43 was one of the seven H class submarine to survive to the end of World War II . HMS H43 was sold in November 1944 and was scrapped in Troon in 1945.

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