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'''H.M.S. ''Nautilus''''' was a large submarine in the [[Royal Navy]] launched in 1914 and completed only in 1917 as '''H.M.S. N 1'''.
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Nautilus''''' was a large submarine in the [[Royal Navy]] launched in 1914 and completed only in 1917 as '''H.M.S. N 1'''.


Although she was nominally placed in service with the {{UK-SF|6}}, she actually provided power to other submarines and acted as a depot vessel.
Although she was nominally placed in service with the {{UK-SF|6}}, she actually provided power to other submarines and acted as a depot vessel.
==Service==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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==Torpedoes==
==Torpedoes==
In 1913, it was decided that the boat should have:{{ARTS1913|p. 46}}{{ARTS1914|p. 46}}
* one 21-in tube forward, four torpedoes appropriated
* six 18-in tubes (four broadside, two aft), twenty torpedoes appropriated
It appears likely that this was reconsidered and that the boat was completed with:
* eight 18-in tubes (two forward, four broadside and two stern), sixteen torpedoes
* eight 18-in tubes (two forward, four broadside and two stern), sixteen torpedoes


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==See Also==
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 30 March 2021

H.M.S. Nautilus (1914)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: 23 4 1913[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1913[3]
Launched: 31 Dec, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1917[5]
Sold: Jun, 1922[6]

H.M.S. Nautilus was a large submarine in the Royal Navy launched in 1914 and completed only in 1917 as H.M.S. N 1.

Although she was nominally placed in service with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla, she actually provided power to other submarines and acted as a depot vessel.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Torpedoes

In 1913, it was decided that the boat should have:[9][10]

  • one 21-in tube forward, four torpedoes appropriated
  • six 18-in tubes (four broadside, two aft), twenty torpedoes appropriated

It appears likely that this was reconsidered and that the boat was completed with:

  • eight 18-in tubes (two forward, four broadside and two stern), sixteen torpedoes

Guns

  • one 3-in H.A.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 21.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 90.
  7. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
  8. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 46.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. 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).


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