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Revision as of 18:43, 18 July 2020

H.M.S. Swordfish (1916)
Pendant Number: 30 (Sep 1915)
S.1 (Apr 1916)
D.15 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 18 August, 1913[3]
Laid down: 28 February, 1914[4]
Launched: 18 March, 1916[5]
Commissioned: 28 April, 1916[6]
Sold: July 1922[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Swordfish was an experimental steam submarine in the Royal Navy launched in 1916 and redesignated H.M.S. S 1 on 1 April, 1916.[8]

Service

The first steam-powered submarine built for the Royal Navy,[9] she was not a success. On 27 June, 1917, she was renamed back to Swordfish and converted into a surface patrol vessel. She became operational in that role in January, 1918.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Torpedoes

  • two 21-in tubes forward, two torpedoes
  • four 18-in tubes on the broadside, eight torpedoes

In 1913, it had been planned that there would be more torpedoes supplied: seven 21-in and fourteen 18-in Mark VIII torpedos.[13]

Guns

  • two 3-in guns

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 86.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 21.
  4. ↑ Maber. Swordfish. p. 158.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  6. ↑ Maber. Swordfish. p. 159.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 21.
  10. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  11. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  12. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 46.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Maber, John M. (1983). Roberts, John. ed. "The Steam Submarine Swordfish". Warship Volume VII: pp. 154-160.


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