HMS K12
 K12 circa. 1924 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS K12 |
| Builder: | Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down: | October 1915 |
| Commissioned: | August 1917 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1926 |
| 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 K12 was a K class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne. She was laid down in October 1915 and commissioned in August 1917.
K12 took part in the Battle of May Island, surviving the disastrous exercise. Then in 1924, K12 collided with K2. K2 smashed a hole in the forward casing of K12 while K2 buckled her bows for about six feet. K12 was scrapped in 1926 in Charlestown.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day.