HMS S1 (1914)
Appearance
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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 |
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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 |
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Range | 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) surfaced |
Complement | 18 |
Armament | 2 × 18 inch torpedo tubes - 4 torpedoes, 1 × 12pdr gun |
HMS S1 was a British submarine built in 1914 based on an Italian design.
While on patrol in 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
- ^ a b 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.