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British V class submarine (1914)

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Builders
  
Vickers, Barrow

Completed
  
4

Beam
  
5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)

Operators
  
Royal Navy

Length
  
45.0 m (147 ft 8 in)

Displacement
  
391 tons surfaced / 457 tons submerged

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

    British V-class submarine (1914) Wikipedia