HMS L20
 L20 and three other L–class boats at Gosport (1933) | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L20 |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 26 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 28 January 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 7 January 1935 |
| 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 L20 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 26 July 1917 and was commissioned on 28 January 1919.
L20 was sent to Hong Kong in 1919. She was placed in the reserve flotilla in 1923 in Hong Kong.
She was sold to John Cashmore Ltd on 7 January 1935 for breaking up at Newport. Her bell is in the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
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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