"S" Class Submarine (1914)

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The three "S" Class Submarines, coastal submarines built to Italian design by Scott, were given to Italy in October, 1915.

Overview of 3 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
S 1 Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company 28 Feb, 1914 Aug, 1914 to Italy 25 Oct, 1915
S 2 Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company 14 Apr, 1915 May, 1915 to Italy 25 Oct, 1915
S 3 Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company 10 Jun, 1915 Sep, 1915 to Italy 25 Oct, 1915

These were the first double-hull boats built for the Royal Navy.[1]

Torpedoes

  • two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes

In 1914, it was planned that seven torpedoes were to be appropriated for each boat, though it is not clear that this means they would be on board the submarine at one time.[2]

Guns

  • one 12-pdr

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 21.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. p. 46.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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