HMS H5

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A view from the bridge of HMS H5.
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HMS H5 was a British H-class submarine of the Royal Navy that served in the First World War. The boat, which was launched on 1 April 1915, was lost after being rammed by a British merchant ship off Caernarfon Bay in March 1918. It had been mistaken as a German U-boat and sank with the loss of all hands.[1]

Design

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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"..[2] H5 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 carried eight Script error: No such module "convert". torpedoes.[2] She is a Holland 602 type submarine but was designed to meet Royal Navy specifications. Her complement was twenty-two crew members.[2]

Service record

On 14 July 1916 H5 spotted the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". leaving the Ems and torpedoed her. U-51 sank with the loss of 34 of her crew; four men survived.[5]

Sinking

HMS H5 was sunk after being rammed by the British merchantman Rutherglen when mistaken for a German U-boat on 2 March 1918. All on board perished including a US Navy observer, Lieutenant Earle Wayne Freed Childs from the American submarine AL-2. He became the first US submariner to lose his life in the First World War. All on board are commemorated on Panel 29 at Royal Navy Submarine Museum. The wreck's site is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act. In 2010, a plaque commemorating the 26 crew was dedicated on Armed Forces Day in Holyhead.[6]

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  5. ↑ National Archives, Kew: HW 7/3, Room 40, History of German Naval Warfare 1914–1918
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