HMS L15
 L15 in 1918 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L15 |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down: | 16 November 1916 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 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 L15 was a British L class submarine built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Clyde. She was laid down on 16 November 1916 and was commissioned on 16 January 1918.
HMS L15 was sold to John Cashmore Ltd in 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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