"W" Class Submarine (1914)

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The four "W" Class Submarines were coastal submarines built by Armstrong and, like the "S" class boats, given to Italy; the "W" class being transferred in August, 1916.

Overview of 4 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
W 1 Armstrong, Whitworth & Company 19 Nov, 1914 Jan, 1915 to Italy 23 Aug, 1916
W 2 Armstrong, Whitworth & Company 17 Feb, 1915 May, 1915 to Italy 23 Aug, 1916
W 3 Armstrong, Whitworth & Company 1 Apr, 1915 Feb, 1916 to Italy 23 Aug, 1916
W 4 Armstrong, Whitworth & Company 25 Nov, 1915 Jun, 1916 to Italy 7 Aug, 1916

History

The subs were double-hulled boats of the Laubeuf type, with Schneider-Laubeuf engines. They were known as unreliable boats, suffering frequent diesel breakdowns.[1]

Torpedoes

W 1 and W 2 (1913 planning):[2]

W 1 and W 2 (as completed):

  • two 18-in tubes forward, two torpedoes
  • four 18-in drop-collars

W 3 and W 4 (1913 planning):[3]

  • two 18-in tubes forward, seven 18-in Mark VIII torpedoes

W 3 and W 4 (as completed):

  • two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes

Guns

W 3 and W 4:

  • one 3-in H.A. gun

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 277.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 46.
  3. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. 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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