HMS H4

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English

Script error: No such module "InfoboxImage".
HMS H4 at Brindisi, August 1916
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".

HMS H4 was a British H-class submarine built by the Canadian Vickers Co., Montreal. She was laid down on 11 January 1915 and was commissioned on 5 June 1915. After her commissioning, HMS H4 and sister ships Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". crossed the Atlantic from St. John's, Newfoundland to Gibraltar being escorted by the armed merchant cruiser Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. H4 sank the U-boat Template:SMU in the Adriatic on 23 May 1918. She was sold on 30 November 1921 in Malta.

Design

<templatestyles src="Stack/styles.css"/>

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Like all pre-H11 British H-class submarines, H4 had a displacement of Script error: No such module "convert". at the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". while submerged.[1] It had a total length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] It contained a diesel engines providing a total power of Script error: No such module "convert". and two electric motors each providing Script error: No such module "convert". power.[2] The use of its electric motors made the submarine travel at Script error: No such module "convert".. It would normally carry Script error: No such module "convert". of fuel and had a maximum capacity of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a submerged speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. British H-class submarines had ranges of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] H4 was fitted with a Script error: No such module "convert". Hotchkiss quick-firing gun (6-pounder) and four Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes. Its torpedo tubes were fitted to the bows and the submarine was loaded with eight Script error: No such module "convert". torpedoes.[1] It is a Holland 602 type submarine but was designed to meet Royal Navy specifications. Its complement was twenty-two crew members.[1]

Citations

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. a b Script error: No such module "template wrapper". Retrieved from Naval-History on 20 August 2015.
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Military navigation".