HMS R5
 R-class submarine | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS R5 |
| Builder: | HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock |
| Laid down: | March 1918 |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled, 28 August 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | R class submarine |
| Displacement: | 420 long tons (427 t) surfaced 500 long tons (508 t) submerged |
| Length: | 163 ft (50 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8-cylinder diesel engine, 480 hp (360 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) total Single electric motor for low speed running One shaft |
| Speed: | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) surfaced 14 knots (26 km/h) submerged |
| Endurance: | Submerged: 1 hour at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers and 20 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Bow hydrophone array |
| Armament: | • 6 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (forward) • 12 × Mark VIII 18 inch torpedoes |
HMS R5 was a British R class submarine built at HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock. R5 was laid down in March 1918. She was never completed because her building was cancelled on 28 August 1919.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert, Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.