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British V-class submarines (1914) (2 P) Pages in category "World War I submarines of the United Kingdom" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total.
HMS Holland 1, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Navy A-class submarines, the first British-designed class. Holland class. Holland 1, launched: 2 October 1901, decommissioned: 5 November 1913
The E class served with the Royal Navy throughout World War I as the backbone of the submarine fleet. The last surviving E class submarines were withdrawn from service by 1922. All of the first group and some of the second group of the class were completed before the outbreak of World War I. The group 1 boats cost £101,900 per hull.
Observer's Directory of Royal Naval Submarines 1901–1982, ISBN 0723229643, Frederick Warne, London. Everitt, Don (1999). K Boats: Steam-Powered Submarines in World War I. Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-84037-057-2. Everitt, Don (1963). The K Boats. London: George Harrap. Preston, Antony (2002). World's Worst Warships. Conway's Maritime Press.
At the outset of the war, the Royal Navy enjoyed a numerical superiority of 3.5:1 in submarines. However, by the middle of the year, the number of German U-boats had increased to 134, while the British side had only 90.
The British Royal Navy M-class submarines were a small class of diesel-electric submarines built during World War I. The unique feature of the class design was a 12-inch (305 mm) gun mounted in a casemate forward of the conning tower .
A British submarine flotilla operated in the Baltic Sea for three years during the First World War. [1] The squadron of nine submarines was attached to the Russian Baltic Fleet . The main task of the flotilla was to prevent the import of iron ore from Sweden to Imperial Germany .
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 S class and Armstrong Whitworth building the W class .