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Re: British submarine H.5 sinking
Posted by:
Ron Young
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Date: December 25, 2007 06:49PM
H5 was a Type: ‘H1’ Class coastal defence submarine of Group I. Built by: Vickers Yard, Montreal, Canada in 1915. (Subsidiary of Vickers Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.) Ordered: for 1914 Emergency War Programme. Keel laid: on 11 January 1915. Launched: in April 1915 and completed: on 10 June 1915.
NELSECO (New London Ship and Engine Co., Groton, Connecticut, USA.) built the machinery: 2 × 4-stroke 8-cylinder, air-injection, diesel engines with horizontal valves & each developed 480bhp at 350rpm. (Diesels were built under licensed by MAN & Vickers).
Cheers Ron
NELSECO (New London Ship and Engine Co., Groton, Connecticut, USA.) built the machinery: 2 × 4-stroke 8-cylinder, air-injection, diesel engines with horizontal valves & each developed 480bhp at 350rpm. (Diesels were built under licensed by MAN & Vickers).
Cheers Ron