HMS S1 (1914)

Career (UK)
Name: HMS S1
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Launched: 28 February 1914
Decommissioned: Ceded to Italian Navy 25 October 1915
Fate: Stricken 1919
General characteristics
Displacement:265 tons surfaced
324 tons submerged
Length:45.1 m (148 ft 0 in)
Beam:4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Draught:3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:2 shafts, Scott-FIAT 6-cyl Diesels, 2 Electric motors, 650 / 400 hp
Speed:13 knots (24 km/h) surfaced
8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) submerged
Range:1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) surfaced
Complement:18
Armament:2 x 18 inch torpedo tubes - 4 torpedoes, 1 x 12pdr gun

HMS S1 was a British submarine built in 1914 based on an Italian design.

While on patrol on June 1915 the submarine’s engines failed. [1] The crew were able to capture the German fishing trawler Ost and used it to tow the submarine home. [1]

The submarine was transferred to the Italian Royal Navy in October 1915.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tall, J.J; Paul Kemp (1996). HM Submarines in Camera An Illustrated History of British Submarines. Sutton Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 0-7509-0875-0.