Royal Navy — Submarine
HMS H44
- 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
- as HMS H4415 April 1920 — 19441,945 days of the war
H-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- HMS H44
- Builder
- Armstrong Whitworth
- Launched
- 17 February 1919
- Commissioned
- 15 April 1920
- Fate
- Sold in 1944; broken up in February 1945 (1944)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- 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 H44 was a H-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. She was built by Armstrong Whitworth. She entered service on 15 April 1920, having been launched on 17 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 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 1,945 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 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
- 480 hp diesel, 2 x 620 hp electric
- Armament
- 4 × 21 in bow torpedo tubes
- 8 × 21 inch torpedoes
- QF 6-pounder gun after refitting
Sister ships
- German destroyer Hermes (ZG3)
- Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios
- Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga
- HMCS Chaudière (H99)
- HMS H28
- HMS H31
- HMS H32
- HMS H33
- HMS H34
- HMS H43
- HMS H49
- HMS H50
- HMS H6
- HMS Hasty (H24)
- HMS Havock (H43)
- HMS Hereward (H93)
- HMS Hero (H99)
- HMS Hostile
- HMS Hotspur (H01)
- HMS Hunter (H35)
- HMS Hyperion (H97)
- HNLMS O 8
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS H44 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.