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

HMS H50

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 H503 February 1920 — July 19452,157 days of the war
H-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS H50
Builder
William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down
23 January 1918
Launched
25 October 1919
Commissioned
3 February 1920
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 H50 was a H-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir on 23 January 1918. Launched on 25 October 1919, she entered service on 3 February 1920.

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 H50 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.