Chilean submarine Rucumilla

Rucumilla after the rescue
History
Chile
Name
  • H3 (1917–1924)
  • Rucumilla (1924–1945)
BuilderFore River Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched26 July 1915
Acquired1917
Out of serviceSunk and refloated on 2 June 1919
Stricken1945
General characteristics
Class and typeH-class submarine
Displacement
  • 364 long tons (370 t) surfaced
  • 434 long tons (441 t) submerged
Length150 ft 3 in (45.80 m)
Beam15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range
  • 1,600 nmi (3,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged
Complement22
Armament

Rucumilla was an H-class submarine of the Chilean Navy. The vessel was originally ordered by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy as HMS H17, but was handed over to Chile in 1917 as H3.