HMS L9

Career
Name: HMS L9
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down: October 1916
Commissioned: 27 May 1918
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 30 June 1927
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 L9 was a British L class submarine built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton. She was laid down on in October 1916 and was commissioned on 27 May 1918.

HMS L9 was sunk during a typhoon in Hong Kong harbour on 18 August 1923. She was salved on 6 September 1923 and then recommissioned.

HMS L9 was sold in Hong Kong on 30 June 1927.

References

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