Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine

HMS H34

H-class submarine

Displacement
423 long tons (430 t)
Length
52.12 m (171 ft)
Beam
4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h, 13.2 mph)
Complement
22

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS H3410 September 1919 — July 19452,157 days of the war
H-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS H34
Builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down
20 November 1917
Launched
5 November 1918
Commissioned
10 September 1919
Fate
Sold for scrapping, July 1945 (1945)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
423 long tons (430 t)
Displacement, submerged
510 long tons (518 t)
Length
52.12 m (171 ft)
Beam
4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h, 13.2 mph)
Range
2,985 nmi (5,528 km)
Complement
22

HMS H34 was a H-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Cammell Laird, Birkenhead laid her keel on 20 November 1917. She entered service on 10 September 1919, having been launched on 5 November 1918.

23 ships of the class were built. The class followed the E and F-class destroyer and was succeeded by the I-class destroyer.

The boat displaced 423 long tons surfaced and 510 long tons submerged. She measured 52.1 m (171 ft) long with a beam of 4.6 m (15 ft). Her designed speed was 11.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 22.

Her main battery was four 533 mm (21 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,157 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1945.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 1 × 480 hp diesel engine
  • 2 × 620 hp electric motors
Armament
  • 4 × 21 in bow torpedo tubes
  • 8 × 21-inch torpedoes

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS H34 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.