HMS L5
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L5 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter, Wallsend |
| Laid down: | 23 August 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1931 |
| 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 L5 was a British L class submarine built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend. She was laid down on 23 August 1916 and was commissioned on 15 May 1918. Served on the China station with other vessels of this class in the 1920s.
HMS L5 was sold in 1931 and 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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