HMS L52

Career
Name: HMS L52
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Laid down: 16 May 1917
Fate: Sold for scrap, September 1935
General characteristics
Class and type:L class submarine
Displacement:960 long tons (975 t) surfaced
1,150 long tons (1,168 t) submerged[1]
Length:230 ft 6 in (70.26 m)
Beam:23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed:17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) surfaced
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range:4,800 nmi (8,900 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced[1]
Complement:44
Armament:• 6 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
• 12 × 21 inch torpedoes
• 2 × 4-inch guns[1]

HMS L52 was a British L class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. She was laid down on 16 May 1917 and was commissioned on an unknown date.

HMS L52 was sold for scrap in September 1935, but was wrecked off of Barry, South Wales.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.