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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
In any case, by mid-1915 the Royal Navy had more submarines than crew, and with the entry of Italy into the First World War that year, all three S-class boats were transferred to the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). [6] [17] S2 had only just completed trials when she was transferred, while S3 had not yet completed hers. [18]
The G-class submarines were designed by the Admiralty in response to a rumour that the Germans were building double-hulled submarines for overseas duties. The submarines had a length of 187 feet 1 inch (57.0 m) overall , a beam of 22 feet 8 inches (6.9 m) and a mean draft of 13 feet 4 inches (4.1 m).
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 The last surviving E class submarines were withdrawn from service by 1922.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.
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 .
Conceived and designed as a submersible commerce raider for the Royal Navy; at the time of her launching she was the largest submarine in the world. For Britain, the idea of a submarine cruiser had been proposed as early as 1915, but the type was not put into practice until after the end of World War I in 1918.
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 .