HMS D6
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS D6 was one of eight D-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.
Description
The D-class submarines were designed as improved and enlarged versions of the preceding C class, with diesel engines replacing the dangerous petrol engines used earlier. D3 and subsequent boats were slightly larger than the earlier boats. They had a length of {{convert|164|ft|7|in|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|20|ft|5|in|m|1}} and a mean draught of {{convert|11|ft|5|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|495|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|620|LT|t}} submerged.Harrison, Chapter 4 The D-class submarines had a crew of 25 officers and ratings and were the first to adopt saddle tanks.Gardiner & Gray, p. 87
For surface running, the boats were powered by two {{convert|600|bhp|lk=in|0|adj=on}} diesels, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a {{convert|275|hp|0|adj=on}} electric motor. They could reach {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|9|kn}} underwater. On the surface, the D class had a range of {{convert|2500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}.
The boats were armed with three 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow and one in the stern. They carried one reload for each tube, a total of six torpedoes.
Construction and career
D6 was laid down on 24 February 1910 by Vickers at their Barrow shipyard, launched 23 October 1911 and was commissioned on 19 April 1912. She was the first British submarine to be equipped with a deck gun when built, a 12-pounder (3-inch/76mm) gun. D6 was sunk by UB-73 73 miles north of Inishtrahull Island off the west coast of Ireland on 24 or 28 June 1918. There were only two survivors who were taken prisoner;[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1918-06Jun.htm NavalHistory.net] one of whom was F. S. Bell, the second-in-command who would go on to command {{HMS|Exeter|68|6}} at the Battle of the River Plate. The post-war report apparently led the British to conclude that the torpedo that sank her had employed a magnetic pistol.Admiralty. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919, p. 22.
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Akermann|first=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955|edition=reprint of the 1989|year=2002|publisher=Periscope Publishing|location=Penzance, Cornwall|isbn=1-904381-05-7}}
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite web|url=http://rnsubs.co.uk/dits-bits/br-3043.html|title=The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)|last=Harrison|first=A. N.|date=January 1979|publisher=RN Subs|access-date=27 September 2022}}
External links
- [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/d_class/d_6_roll_of_honour.htm HMS D6 Roll of Honour]
{{British D class submarine}}
{{June 1918 shipwrecks}}
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Category:British D-class submarines
Category:Royal Navy ship names
Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
Category:World War I shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I