HMS L11

Career
Name:	HMS L11
Builder:	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	17 January 1917
Commissioned:	27 June 1918
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, February 1932
General characteristics
Class & type:	L class submarine
Displacement:	890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged[1]
Length:	228 ft (69 m)
Beam:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1]
Complement:	38
Armament:	• 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun[1]

HMS L11 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 17 January 1917 and was commissioned on 27 June 1918.

HMS L11 was converted along with HMS L12 into a minelayer. These two submarines were the only two of the L class submarine group 1 to be converted. The rest of the L class converted were of group 2 design.

HMS L11 was sold in February 1932.

References [edit]

• Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.