HMS L12
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L12 |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 22 January 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 16 February 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | L class submarine |
| Displacement: | 890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged[1] |
| Length: | 228 ft (69 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1] |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun[1] |
HMS L12 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 22 January 1917 and was commissioned on 30 June 1918.
HMS L12 was converted into a minelayer along with HMS L11. She and L11 were the only group 1 boats to be converted into minelayers.
HMS L12 collided with HMS H47 off Milford Haven, Wales on 9 July 1929. The boat resurfaced and returned to Milford Haven; three sailors died.
HMS L12 was sold to John Cashmore Ltd on 16 February 1932 for scrapping at Newport.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
Publications
- 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 (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
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