H.M.S. H 5 (1915)

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H.M.S. H 5 (1915)
Pendant Number: H.5[1]
Builder: Canadian Vickers[2]
Ordered: Nov, 1914[3]
Launched: 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Collision: 6 Mar, 1918[6]

H.M.S. H 5 was one of 44 submarines of the "H" class.

Service

On 14 July, 1916, she sank U 51 at 53° 55' N., 7° 53' E.[7]

She was lost with all hands on the night of 6 March, 1918, when she was rammed by the S.S. Rutherglen in Carnarvon Bay.[8] Among the dead was U.S. Navy Lieutenant Earle W. F. Childs, who was serving as an observer.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 87.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 87.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  8. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 7.
  9. Dictionary of American Fighting Ships - Childs
  10. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  11. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 7.

Bibliography


"H" Class Submarine
Group 1
H 1 H 2 H 3 H 4 H 5
H 6 H 7 H 8 H 9 H 10
Group 2
H 11 H 12 H 13 H 14 H 15
H 16 H 17 H 18 H 19 H 20
Group 3
H 21 H 22 H 23 H 24 H 25
H 26 H 27 H 28 H 29 H 30
H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 41
H 42 H 43 H 44 H 47 H 48
  H 49 H 50 H 51 H 52  
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