HMS L56
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L56 |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down: | 16 October 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 25 March 1938 |
| 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 L56 was a British L class submarine built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Clyde. She was laid down on 16 October 1917 and was commissioned on 14 August 1918.
HMS L56 was sold on 25 March 1938.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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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