HMS K11

Career
Name: HMS K11
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down: October 1915
Commissioned: February 1917
Fate: Sold, 4 November 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:K-class submarine
Displacement:1,980 long tons (2,010 t) surfaced
2,566 long tons (2,607 t) submerged
Length:339 ft (103 m)
Beam:26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught:20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
Propulsion:2 × 10,500 shp (7.8 MW) Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared steam turbines
2 × Yarrow boilers
4 × 1,440 hp (1,070 kW) electric motors
1 × 800 hp (600 kW) Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface
2 × 3-blade 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) diameter screws
Speed:24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) surfaced
8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:Surfaced :
800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Submerged :
8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
40 nmi (46 mi; 74 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h)
Complement:59 (6 officers and 53 ratings)
Armament:• 8 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes, (4 beam, 4 bow)
• 8 × spare torpedoes
• 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes fitted on deck (later removed)
• 2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.XI guns
• 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

HMS K11 was a K class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne. K11 was laid down in October 1915, and commissioned in February 1917.

In 1917, K11 was damaged by fire during a North Sea patrol. She was forced to surface and was towed by a destroyer. K11 was part of the disastrous Battle of May Island exercise. She was forced to take avoiding action to avoid K14, but survived the exercise. K11 was sold on the 4 November 1921.

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