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Name: H 41
Type: Submarine
Keel: 17/09/1917
Launched: 26/07/1918
Completed: 16/11/1918
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 940
Dimensions: 440disp surf, 500disp subm, 164.6 x 15.75 x 11.30ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 480hp; 2 x Elecric motors 320hp
Engines by: Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots surf, 11.0knots subm
Construction: Steel
Armament: 4 x 21.0ins bow torpedo tubes
History:
16/11/1918 British Royal Navy
12/03/1920 Broken up
Comments: Member of the H Class of submarines
18/10/1919: Sank in Blyth harbour after being holed by depot ship VULCAN
18/11/1919: Refloated & towed to Armstrong's High Walker yard
12/03/1920: Sold for breaking up by T Young at Sunderland


H Class submarines under construction at High Walker. Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

H Class submarines under construction at High Walker. Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

H Class submarines under construction at High Walker. Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

H Class submarines under construction at High Walker. Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

The submarine closest to the camera could well be H 41