Post by Diarist on Feb 20, 2015 19:09:44 GMT 1
On 01 Jan 1935 the Royal Navy had 55 Submarines.
H-III Class - 12 ships. Group 3 was the largest group, and was constructed in 1917–1919 in Britain.
L-II Class - 9 ships. The British L class submarine were originally planned under the emergency war programme as an improved version of the British E class submarine. The scale of change allowed the L class to become a separate class.
L-III Class - 6 ships.
X Class - 1 ship. HM Submarine X1 was 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. The idea of a submarine cruiser had been proposed as early as 1915, but was not put into practice until 1921.
Odin Class - 9 ships. They were built to replace the ageing L-class submarines which did not have adequate endurance in the Pacific. These boats are theoretically able to dive to 500 feet, though none have been formally tested beyond 300 feet. Armament consists of eight 21-inch torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) and one 4-inch gun.
Partheon Class - 5 ships. The Parthian class submarine or P class is a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They are designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships are almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow shape. one submarine, HMS Poseidon was lost in 1931.
Rainbow Class - 4 ships. The Rainbow-class submarine or R class is a class of four submarines built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. They are designed as long range patrol submarines for the Far East and are essentially repeats of the preceding Partheon-class submarines with minor modifications.
S1 Class - 4 ships. Smaller ships with less armament and a smaller. Operated in Home Waters.
S2 Class - 2 ships built, 6 more planned. Larger than the S1 group with a larger crew but the same armament.
Thames class - 1 ship built, 2 more under construction. They are an attempt by the Admiralty to produce "Fleet Submarines" that is submarines fast enough to operate as part of a fleet which means being able to manage somewhere around 20 knots (37 km/h) while surfaced.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
H-III Class - 12 ships. Group 3 was the largest group, and was constructed in 1917–1919 in Britain.
L-II Class - 9 ships. The British L class submarine were originally planned under the emergency war programme as an improved version of the British E class submarine. The scale of change allowed the L class to become a separate class.
L-III Class - 6 ships.
X Class - 1 ship. HM Submarine X1 was 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. The idea of a submarine cruiser had been proposed as early as 1915, but was not put into practice until 1921.
Odin Class - 9 ships. They were built to replace the ageing L-class submarines which did not have adequate endurance in the Pacific. These boats are theoretically able to dive to 500 feet, though none have been formally tested beyond 300 feet. Armament consists of eight 21-inch torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) and one 4-inch gun.
Partheon Class - 5 ships. The Parthian class submarine or P class is a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They are designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships are almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow shape. one submarine, HMS Poseidon was lost in 1931.
Rainbow Class - 4 ships. The Rainbow-class submarine or R class is a class of four submarines built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. They are designed as long range patrol submarines for the Far East and are essentially repeats of the preceding Partheon-class submarines with minor modifications.
S1 Class - 4 ships. Smaller ships with less armament and a smaller. Operated in Home Waters.
S2 Class - 2 ships built, 6 more planned. Larger than the S1 group with a larger crew but the same armament.
Thames class - 1 ship built, 2 more under construction. They are an attempt by the Admiralty to produce "Fleet Submarines" that is submarines fast enough to operate as part of a fleet which means being able to manage somewhere around 20 knots (37 km/h) while surfaced.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy