Name: | R 10 |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | 07/12/1917 |
Launched: | 05/10/1918 |
Completed: | 15/04/1919 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 949 |
Dimensions: | 508disp subm, 427disp surf, 163.75 x 15.5 x 11.6ft |
Engines: | 1 x oil engine, 8cyl, 480hp; 2 x electric motors, 1200hp |
Engines by: | North British Diesel, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots subm, 9.5knots surf |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 6 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
15/04/1919 | British Royal Navy |
19/02/1929 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Admiralty R Class of diesel-electric submarines |
Designed to be faster when submerged than when on the surface | |
The forerunner of the modern hunter-killer type of submarine | |
19/02/1929: Sold for breaking up by John Cashmore, Newport |
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