 A scale model of the B11 in Holbrook, NSW |
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| Name: | HMS B11 |
| Builder: | Vickers |
| Launched: | 1906 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 287 tons surfaced 316 tons submerged |
| Length: | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 6 in (4. Please refer to the overview article Vickers for other companies known by this name Vickers Limited was a famous British engineering conglomerate that Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 1 m) |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced 7 kn (13 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced |
| Complement: | 15 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes |
HMS B11 was the last boat of the Royal Navy's B class of submarines. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Design The B class was similar in design to the A class, intended for coastal patrol work
On 13 December 1914, B11, commanded by Lieutenant Norman Douglas Holbrook, entered the Dardanelles and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Mesudiye. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Norman Douglas Holbrook VC (born 9 July 1888 Southsea, Hampshire; died Midhurst, Sussex 3 July See also [[Hellespont]] The Dardanelles ( Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı Greek: Δαρδανέλλια Dardanellia) formerly The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were The town of Holbrook in New South Wales, Australia is named after this commander. Holbrook For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Lt. Holbrook was awarded the Victoria Cross, the first for service in a submarine. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since
She was sold for scrap in 1919 in Italy.
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