H.M.S. K 13 (1916)

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H.M.S. K 13 (1916)
Pendant Number: K.13
K.22 (Mar 1917)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1916[3]
Commissioned: Oct, 1917[4]
Sold: Dec, 1926[5]

H.M.S. K 13 was one of 18 submarines of the "K" class.

Service

She sank on 29 January, 1917 while running trials with a contractor crew, killing Commander Francis Herbert Heaveningham Goodhart, who was loaned to the submarine to help with her working-up. Thirty-two men died in the accident and forty-eight were rescued. This ill omen prompted her to be redesignated as K 22 in March 1917, when she was raised; she entered service in May 1917.[6]

In 1925, she was part of the First Submarine Flotilla, operating with the Atlantic Fleet.[7] On 7 December, she paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 89.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 91.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 91.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 91.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 91.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 249.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 249.
  9. de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  10. Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
  11. Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 797.
  13. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 774.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 249.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 249.

Bibliography


"K" Class Submarine
Original Design
K 1 K 2 K 3 K 4 K 5
K 6 K 7 K 8 K 9 K 10
K 11 K 12 K 13 K 14 K 15
  K 16 K 17  
Improved Design
  K 26  
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