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The four "W" Class Submarines were coastal submarines built by Armstrong and, like the "S" class boats, given to Italy in the summer of 1915.

Overview of 4 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
W 1	Armstrong		19 Nov, 1914	Jan, 1915	to Italy 23 Aug, 1916
W 2	Armstrong		17 Feb, 1915	May, 1915	to Italy 23 Aug, 1916
W 3	Armstrong		1 Apr, 1915	Feb, 1916	to Italy 23 Aug, 1916
W 4	Armstrong		25 Nov, 1915	Jun, 1916	to Italy 7 Aug, 1916

The subs were double-hulled boats of the Laubeuf type, with Schneider-Laubeuf engines.

W 1 and W 2 (1913 planning):^[1]

W 1 and W 2 (as completed):

W 3 and W 4 (1913 planning):^[2]

W 3 and W 4 (as completed):

W 3 and W4:

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).

"W" Class Submarine

W 1

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