A view from the bridge of HMS H5.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | H5 |
Builder | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
Laid down | 11th January 1915 |
Launched | 1 April 1915 |
Commissioned | 10 June 1915 |
Fate | Sunk, 2 March 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | H-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 150 ft 3 in (45.80 m) |
Beam | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Complement | 22 |
Armament |
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HMS H5 was a British H-class submarine of the Royal Navy that served in the First World War. The boat, which was launched on 1 April 1915, was lost after being rammed by a British merchant ship off Caernarfon Bay in March 1918. It had been mistaken as a German U-boat and sank with the loss of all hands.[1]