HMS H51
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Name: | HMS H51 |
Builder: | HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock |
Launched: | 15 November 1918 |
Commissioned: | 1 September 1919 |
Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 6 June 1924 |
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 H51 was a British H class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock. She was laid down on an unknown date, launched on 15 November 1918[1] and commissioned into the British Royal Navy on 1 September 1919.
HMS H51 was sold for scrapping on 6 June 1924 and was then resold on 17 July 1924 to the ship breakers.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day.
- ↑ Carradice, Phil. The Ships of Pembroke Dockyard.
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