HMS R10
R-class submarine
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History | |
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Name | HMS R10 |
Builder | Elswick, Tyne and Wear |
Laid down | 7 December 1917 |
Launched | 5 October 1918 |
Commissioned | 12 April 1919 |
Fate | Sold, 19 February 1929 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | R-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 163 ft 9 in (49.91 m) |
Beam | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced; 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged |
Test depth | 150 feet (45.7 m) |
Complement | 2 officers and 20 ratings |
Sensors and processing systems | Bow hydrophone array |
Armament | 6 × bow 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes |
HMS R10 was one of 10 R-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. The boat was not completed before the end of the war and was sold for scrap in 1929.
Design and description
The R-class submarine was designed to meet an
For surface running, the boats were powered by a single eight-cylinder
The boats were armed with six
Construction and career
HMS R10 was laid down on 7 December 1917 by
Notes
References
- Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Harrison, A. N. (January 1979). "The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)". RN Subs. Retrieved 27 September 2022.