The F-class submarine was built for the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
as a
coastal submarine
A coastal submarine or littoral submarine is a small, maneuverable submarine with shallow draft well suited to navigation of coastal channels and harbors. Although size is not precisely defined, coastal submarines are larger than midget submarine ...
based on the doubled hulled
V-class submarine (World War I) with very few minor improvements. The only important improvement was the addition of a stern
torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units (also referred to as torpedo launchers) installed aboa ...
. The F class were ordered as a successor to the
E-class submarine, but only three were built out of the ten ordered, the first ''F1'' at
Chatham.
During
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, the F-class submarines were primarily used for coastal defence. All three survived the war and ended their service as training boats at
Campbeltown. ''F1'' and ''F3'' were scrapped in 1920, ''F2'' was sold in 1922.
Boats
* , launched 1915
* , launched 1917
* , launched 1916
References
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External links
Chatham submariners
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F class submarines, British