HMS L4
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L4 |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 21 June 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 26 December 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 24 February 1934 |
| 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: | 222 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Speed: | 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 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: | 35 |
| Armament: | • 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 beam) • 10 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun |
HMS L4 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 21 June 1916 and was commissioned on 26 December 1918.
Spear taken from the pirates who had seized SS Irene
On 20 October 1927 off Hong Kong, HMS L4 rescued the SS Irene and her crew from a pirate attack after firing her deck gun.
HMS L4 was sold on 24 February 1934 and then broken up in Charlestown, Fife.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- 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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