HMS K6
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS K6 |
| Builder: | HM Dockyard Devonport |
| Laid down: | 8 November 1915 |
| Commissioned: | May 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold, 13 July 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 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 10 knots (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 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
| 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 K6 was a British K class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Devonport. She was laid down on 8 November 1915 and commissioned in May 1917.
K6 was the first of the K class to have its bows raised by converting it into a bulbous swan shape.
In 1917, K6 refused to surface during a submerged trial in North Dockyard, Devonport.
K6 was involved in a serious exercise accident nicknamed the "Battle of May Island". She was responsible for ramming K4 and slicing her in half.
K6 was sold on 13 July 1926 to John Cashmore Ltd for scrapping at Newport.
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.
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day.
External links
- Hart, Albert Bushnell (ed.). "IV Sea and Subsea Stories". Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War 10. New York and London: Harper Brothers Publishers. pp. 295–296.