British V-class submarine (1914)

Class overview
British V-class submarine (example: HMS V3)
Builders:	Vickers, Barrow
Operators:	Royal Navy
Completed:	4
General characteristics
Displacement:	391 tons surfaced / 457 tons submerged
Length:	45.0 m (147 ft 8 in)
Beam:	5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Draught:	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft Vickers 8-cyl Diesels, 2 Electric motors, 900 / 380 hp
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced/ 8.5 knots submerged
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
Complement:	20
Armament:	2 18 inch torpedo tubes - 4 torpedoes, 1 - 12-pounder gun

The British V class submarines were built by Vickers, Barrow during World War I in response to Scotts, Greenock building the British S class submarine (1914) and Armstrong Whitworth building the British W class submarine.

4 V class submarines were built.

Boats

HMS V1 (Launched - 23 July 1914/Sold for scrapping - November 1921)
HMS V2 (Launched - 17 February 1915/Sold for scrapping - November 1921)
HMS V3 (Launched - 1 April 1915/Sold for scrapping - October 1920)
HMS V4 (Launched - 25 November 1915/Sold for scrapping - October 1920)

References

The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston

British naval ship classes of the First World War
Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Empress^S^V Riviera^S^V Engadine^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Raven II^S^V Anne^S^V Vindex^S^V Manxman^S^V Furious^M Pegasus^S^V Nairana^S^V Argus^S^V Vindictive^S^V
Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson
Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X
Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur
Heavy cruisers	Hawkins
Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A
Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze
Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active
Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Admiralty (or Scott)^C Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C
Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F Cricket^G G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M Medea Arno^S R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}
Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus
Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt Dance 24^C
Gunboats	Fly Insect
Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V
A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled

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