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Name: L 68 and NEBOJSA
Type: Submarine
Keel: 05/12/1917
Launched: 02/07/1919 and 15/07/1927
Completed: 1928
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 931 and 1021
Dimensions: 975disp surf - 1164disp subm, 236.4 (OA) x 40.0 x 13.0(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2400hp, plus 2 x 1600hp electric motors
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 15.7knots surf, 10.0knots subm
Construction: Steel
Armament: 6 x 21.0ins bow torpedo tubes, 2 x 1 x 4.0ins QF guns
History:
1928 Royal Yugoslav Navy
1946 Renamed TARA
1954 Broken up
Comments: 02/07/1919: Launched as L68 for the British Royal Navy
03/1919: Order cancelled
10/1919: Sold to Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Incomplete vessel towed to the Elswick yard where she was laid until 1926
1926: Sold at a bargain price to the Government of Yugoslavia
1926: Hauled back up the slipway at High Walker yard & reconditioned
Considered too large for Adriatic conditions & could only dive to 260ft
1941: Escaped to Alexandria in Egypt
1941 to 1944: Served with the British Mediterranean Fleet
Served as the TARA in the post war Yugoslav Navy


Above photo as NEBOJSA courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as NEBOJSA courtesy of Photoship