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Submarine histories. Royal Navy H
class submarines. Submarine website dedicated to the history of H28, H31,
H32, H33, H34, H43, H44, H49 and H50 from their launch to their
participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of H
Class submarines.
Photo
of H class submarines (left to right) H28, H31, H30, H34 & H48
alongside an unknown destroyer at unknown port © Joeri
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| H Class Submarines.
H1 to H10 Built by Vickers in Canada
Displacement: 364 tons on the surface and 434 Tons Submerged. Range
1600 Nautical Miles. Speed: 13 knots on the surface and 11 Knots
submerged Compliment: 22 Armament: 4 18-inch
Torpedo Tubes in the Bow and carried 6 torpedoes
These submarines were very similar in design to the US, H
class submarines, the first 10 submarines were ordered form the
Bethlehem Steel company, but to get round the US neutrality laws the
components were assembled in Montreal at the Vickers yard. They were
completed in 1915 and made a new record for the crossing of the Atlantic
by a Submarine.
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| H1 |
May/June 1915 |
Sold in March 1921. |
| H2 |
May/June 1915 |
Sold in 1921. |
| H3 |
May/June 1915 |
Mined on 15th July 1916. |
| H4 |
May/June 1915 |
Sold in November 1921. |
| H5 |
May/June 1915 |
Sunk while on patrol eight miles off Caernarfon, H5 had
been rammed by British Cargo Ship SS Rutherglen 2nd March 1918 thinking it
was a U-Boat. H5 was struck in front of its Conning tower and sunk with
the loss of the entire crew. U-5 was one of the first wrecks
to be given official war grave status. |
| H6 (became Dutch O8) |
May/June 1915 |
Interned in 1916. and bought by the Dutch in
Feb 1916 renamed O8 |
| H7 |
May/June 1915 |
Sold in November 1921. |
| H8 |
May/June 1915 |
Sold in November 1921. |
| H9 |
May/June 1915 |
Sold in November 1921. |
| H10 |
May/June 1915 |
Lost on 19th January 1918 for reasons
unknown. |
| H
Class Submarines H11 to H20 Built by Bethlehem's Fore River Navy
Yard
Displacement: 364 tons on the surface and 434
Tons Submerged. Range 1600 Nautical Miles. Speed: 13 knots on the
surface and 11 Knots submerged Compliment: 22
Armament: 4 18-inch Torpedo Tubes in the Bow and carried 6 torpedoes
The second batch of submarines were delayed by the US Government,
until they entered the war. Six of these submarines were given to Chile to
compensate for ships requisitioned by the admiralty (these included battleships)
Two others were given to Canada after the war |
| H11 |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Scrapped in 1921. |
| H12 |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Scrapped in 1922. |
| H13 (becoming Chillian Guacolda) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Chile in 1917. Broken up 1949 |
| H14 (becoming CH.14) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Canada June 1919 as Ch14 finally
scrapped 1925 |
| H15 (becoming CH.15) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to .Canada June 1919 as CH15 finally
scrapped 1925 |
| H16 (Becoming Tegualda) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Chile 3rd July 1917. broken up 1945 |
| H17 (Becoming Rucumilla) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Chile on 3 July 1917. Sunk in a
accident, with the loss of all crew, raised and back in service until
Broken up 1945 |
| H18 (Becoming Quidora) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Chile on 3 July 1917. Broken up 1945 |
| H19 (Becoming Fresia) |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Chile on 3 July 1917. Broken up 1953 |
| H20 (Becoming Gaula |
Completed 1917 |
Held up by the US Government until the USA
joined WW1 in 1917. Transferred to Chile on 3 July 1917. Broken up 1953 |
| (Improved)
H Class Built at UK Navy and Dockyards
Displacement
This improved version of the |H class (using 21 inch Torpedo's) were
built in UK yards, but a majority of the fittings, including all the
Engines and main motors were produced in the US and shipped to
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| H21 |
Built by Vickers 20th October 1917 |
Sold for Breaking up July 1926 |
| H22 |
Built by Vickers 14th November 1917 |
Sold for Breaking up February 1929 |
| H23 |
Built by Vickers 29th January 1918 |
Sold for Breaking up May 1934 |
| H24 |
Built by Vickers 14th November 1917 |
Scrapped May 1934 |
| H25 |
Built by Vickers 27th April 1918 |
Sold to the Breakers 1929 |
| H26 |
Built by Vickers 15th November 1917 |
Sold to the Breakers April 1928 |
| H27 |
Built by Vickers 25th September 1918 |
Sold to the Breakers August 1935 |
| H28 |
Built by Vickers 12th March 1918 |
Sold on 18th August 1944 to be scrapped at
Troon. |
| H29 |
Built by Vickers 8th June 1918 |
Foundered in Dock 9th August 1926 sold
to the Breakers August 1935 |
| H30 |
Built by Vickers 9th May 1918 |
Sold to the breakers August 1935 |
| H31 |
Built by Vickers 16th November 1918 |
Lost on 18th October 1940. sunk by German
patrol vessels off the Dutch Coast |
| H32 |
Built by Vickers 19th November 1918 |
Sold on 18th October 1944 to be scrapped at
Troon. |
| H33 |
Built by Cammell Laird 24th August 1918 |
Scrapped in October 1944 at Troon. |
| H34 |
5th November 1918 |
Scrapped in July 1945 at Troon. |
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H35
to H40 were cancelled in October 1917 H41 started but cancelled on the
blocks Oct 1917
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| H42 |
Built by Armstrong 21st October 1918 |
Sunk in Collision 23rd February 1922 |
| H43 |
3rd February 1919 |
Scrapped in November 1944 at Troon. |
| H44 |
17th February 1919 |
Scrapped in February 1945 at Troon. |
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H45 and H46
Cancelled October 1917 |
| H47 |
Built by Beardmore 19th November 1918 |
Sunk in Collision 9th July 1929 |
| H48 |
Built by Beardmore 31st March `1919 |
Sold to the Breakers August 1935 |
| H49 |
15th July 1919 |
Lost on 18th October 1940. sunk by German
patrol vessels off the Dutch Coast |
| H50 |
25th October 1919 |
Scrapped in July 1945 at Troon. |
| H51 |
Built at Pembroke Dockyard 15th November 1918 |
Sold to the Breakers June 1924 |
| H52 |
Built at Pembroke Dockyard |
Sold to the Breakers November 1927 |
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H 21 |
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H 22 |
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H 22.
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H 23 |
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H23 with H34 and another H Class submarine (H44 ?)
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H 24 |
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Submarine H24, pictured c.1920. She had a collision with
HMS Vancouver in 1922.
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H 24.
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H 25 |
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H25 Photographed circa 1923
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H25From The
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H 26 |
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H26, 1925.
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HM Sub H 27.
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H 27.
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H 28 |
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H28 used for coastal defence photographed around 1922
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H 31 |
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H 32 |
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H32.
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Submarine H32, pictured in the 1930s.
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H 33 |
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H 34 |
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H34. photographed 1922
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H 42 |
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Some crew from H42 which was sunk on 23rd March 1922 in collision
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H 43 |
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H 44 |
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Submarine H44, pictured off Weymouth c.1927
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H 47 |
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H 48 |
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Submarine H48, pictured c.1920.
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H 49 |
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H49, May 1937.
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Submarine H49.
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H 50 |
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Canadian built H Class submarines (H1 - H10). Canadian Vickers Yard,
Montreal, Canada, June 1915.
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H class submarines from the 6th Flotilla
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Reginald Frederick Steed who was a submariner between the wars and was a torpedo instructor at
Devonport.
Reginald Steed is pictured standing in front of some H boats - H23 and
H31, possibly at Devonport early 20s. Sent in by his grandson David Lambert-Martin. |
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Naval Historians, Crew & Family
Noticeboard
H Class submarines, Message Board for naval
enthusiasts, crew & descendents of H Class Submarines. This website is
not part of any governmental body or official websites of H Class
Submarines.
Photographs and information on historical events about these
submarines requested for this new website. If you have any information you
would like to send us including photographs of crew members serving on any
of these submarines and also photographs of the ship please USE
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MESSAGES
SUBMARINE H44 JAMES GREENWOOD..
My father served on H44 during the war and while she was being repaired in
dry dock fell off the sub ending up in Mernskirk Hospital near Glasgow for
18 months. Would be delighted to hear from anyone who knew my father.
Email me at amandajaneg@hotmail.com
SUBMARINE H33 ERNEST FREDERICK
BALL.. Served on H33 and is interested in any information or photographs
of H33 or the shipmates who served on her. Contact him by e-mail m@saunders955.fsnet.co.uk
SUBMARINE H - 47 CAN
YOU HELP: My Great Uncle lost his life in the H-47 on 9th July 1929
off the Welsh Coast. I would be delighted to hear from anyone who may have
crew photo's and photo's of the submarine H-47 from the years before the
sinking. please email me any photo's . to Gardenofsarah@aol.com
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