| HMS L3 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS L3 |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 21 June 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 31 January 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, February 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | L class submarine |
| Displacement: |
890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged[1] |
| Length: | 222 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Speed: |
17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1] |
| Complement: | 35 |
| Armament: |
• 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 beam) • 10 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun |
HMS L3 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 21 June 1916 and was commissioned on 31 January 1918.
HMS L3 was placed in the Reserve Flotilla in Hong Kong in 1923.
She was sold in February 1931 and broken up in Charlestown, Fife.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/l_class.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
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