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