Name: | W 4 |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | 20/03/1914 |
Launched: | 11/09/1915 |
Completed: | 27/06/1916 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 871 |
Dimensions: | 490disp subm, 321disp surf, 149.9 x 17.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x oil engines, 8cyl, 2 x electric motors, 740hp |
Engines by: | Lambert-Schneider |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 8.0knots subm, 13.0knots surf |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 3ins gun, 6 x 18ins torpedoes |
History: | |
06/1916 | British Royal Navy |
23/08/1916 | Transferred to the Italian Navy |
04/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | The Class was known as the Armstrong-Laubeuf type, having |
been built in the UK for the Italian Navy | |
04/08/1917: Mined and sunk 150miles west of Bari. 23 crew lost |