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

HMS H43

H-class submarine

HMS H43
DarthPaddington — Own work — CC BY 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate picture of the submarine HMS H43 docked in port

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS H4325 November 1919 — November 19441,915 days of the war
H-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS H43
Builder
Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Laid down
4 October 1917
Launched
3 February 1919
Commissioned
25 November 1919
Fate
Sold for scrapping, November 1944 (1944)
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 H43 was a H-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne on 4 October 1917. She entered service on 25 November 1919, having been launched on 3 February 1919.

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 1,915 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in November 1944.

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 H43 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: DarthPaddington — Own work — CC BY 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons