- Description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
- External links
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| 163|ft|m|abbr=on}} (o/a) | 13.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} (o/a) | Ship draught= | 1750|hp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} (diesel engines)- {{convert|550|hp|kW|abbr=on}} (electric motors)
| Ship propulsion=*2 × diesel engines- 2 × electric motors
- 2 × screws
| Surfaced: {{convert>14|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}}- Submerged: {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} (design); {{convert|9|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} (service)
| 2500|nmi|mi km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}- {{convert|45|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}
| Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship complement=25 | Ship armament= 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (2 forward, one aft) | Ship notes=
}} | HMS D5 was one of eight D-class submarines built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. DescriptionThe 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.[1] The D-class submarines had a crew of 25 officers and other ranks and were the first to adopt saddle tanks.[2] 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}}.[2] 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.[2] Construction and careerD5 was one of six D-class submarines ordered from Vickers Armstrong under the 1909–1910 Naval Estimates and was laid down at Vickers' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 23 February 1910. She was launched on 28 August 1911 and completed on 19 January 1912.[3]On the outbreak of the First World War, D5, along with the rest of her class, was assigned to the 8th Submarine Flotilla. The Flotilla, including D5 was assigned to patrol in the east end of the English Channel during the passage of the British Expeditionary Force to France in early August.[4][5] On 21 August 1914, D5 was on patrol west of Heligoland when she spotted a force of German warships that were carrying out a sortie into the North Sea against British fishing vessels. D5 fired two torpedoes at the German light cruiser {{SMS|Rostock||2}}, both of which missed.[6][5] D5 met her fate {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of South Cross Buoy off Great Yarmouth in the North Sea. She was sunk by a German mine laid by {{SMS|Stralsund}} on 3 November 1914 after responding to a German attack on Yarmouth by cruisers. There were only five survivors, including her commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Herbert. Notes1. ^Harrison, Chapter 4
2. ^1 2 Gardiner & Gray, p. 87
3. ^Harrison Appendix 1, p. I.5.
4. ^{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 6|1921|p=56}}
5. ^1 Croce 2016, p. 14.
6. ^{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 23|1924|pp=95–97}}
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}}
- {{Colledge}}
- Croce, Paulo (January 2016) [https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/hms-d5-lowestoft-suffolk-archaeological-services-undesignated-site-assessment/ HMS D5 off Lowestoft, Suffolk: Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection, Undesignated Site Assessment][https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/hms-d5-lowestoft-suffolk-archaeological-services-undesignated-site-assessment/ , Wessex Archaeology.]
- {{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=1984|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{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=Submariners Association: Barrow in Furness Branch|accessdate=19 August 2015}}
- {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 6: The Passage of the Expeditionary Force, August 1914|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=III|year=1921|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|pages=1–70|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.III_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 6|1921}} }}
- {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 23: Home Waters—Part I.: From the Outbreak of War to 27 August 1915|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=X|year=1924|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.X_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 23|1924}} }}
External links- MaritimeQuest HMS D-5 Pages
- HMS D-5 Roll of Honour
- 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum
- [https://historicengland.org.uk/news-and-features/first-world-war-home-front/help-research-first-world-war-home-front/first-world-war-submarine-wrecks-project/ Historic England project to research First World War Submarine wrecks]
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