HMS H52
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS H52 |
| Builder: | HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock |
| Launched: | 31 March 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold, 9 November 1927 |
| 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 H52 was a British H class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock. She was laid down on an unknown date, launched on 31 March 1919 and commissioned on 16 December 1919, the last Welsh-built fighting ship to enter the British Royal Navy.
HMS H52 was sold on 9 November 1927.
References
- 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.
- Innes McCartney (2002). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel.
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day.
- Carradice, Phil (2013). The Ships of Pembroke Dockyard.
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