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H Class (1915) SS 
Ships

Ship Pennant
No
Commissioned Decommission/
Loss
Note:
To Group 1 - Group 2 - Group 3
Group 1 - Canadian Built To top

H1

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25-May-1915 1921 Sold 07-Mar-1921, Malta.

H2

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04-Jun-1915 1921 Sold 07-Mar-1921, Malta.

H3

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03-Jun-1915 15-Jul-1916 Mined, Gulf of Cattaro, Adriatic, 15-Jul-1916.

H4

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05-Jun-1915 1921 Sold 30-Nov-1921, Malta.

H5

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10-Jun-1915 06-Mar-1918 Believed rammed and sunk by Steamer SS Rutherglen, Irish Sea, 06-Mar-1918, with loss of all crew.

H6

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09-Jun-1915 18-Jan-16 Ran aground on Schiermonnikoog Island, 18-Jan-1916, crew interned. Refloated by Dutch one month later and bought Feb-1916 to become Dutch submarine O-8. Scuttled May-1940 but raised by the Germans and re-commissioned as German Training boat UD-1. Scuttled at Kiel, 03-May-1945. Later raised and broken up.

H7

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Jun-1915 1921 Sold 1921.

H8

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Jun-1915 1921 Sold 29-Nov-1921, Arbroath.

H9

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Jun-1915 1921 Sold 30-Nov-1921, Malta.

H10

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Jun-1915 19-Jan-1918 Lost North Sea, 19-Jan-1918.
Group 2 - US Built To top

H11

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1915 1920 Sold 20-Oct-1920, Dover.

H12

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1915 1920 Sold Apr-1920, Dover.

H13

 

1918 1940's Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Not commissioned, ceded to Chilean Navy as Gualcolda (H1). Believed scrapped late 1940's.

H14

 

Jun-1919 1925 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Given to Canadian Navy as CH14. Scrapped 1925.

H15

 

14-Sep-1918 1925 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Given to Canadian Navy as CH15. Scrapped 1925.

H16

 

  1948 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Not commissioned, ceded to Chilean Navy as Tegualda (H2). Believed scrapped about 1948.

H17

 

  1945 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Not commissioned, ceded to Chilean Navy as Rucumila (H3). Believed scrapped about 1945.

H18

 

  1953 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Not commissioned, ceded to Chilean Navy as Guale (H4). Believed scrapped by 1953.

H19

 

  1953 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Not commissioned, ceded to Chilean Navy as Quidora (H5). Believed scrapped by 1953.

H20

 

  1953 Interned by the USA until their entry into WW1. Not commissioned, ceded to Chilean Navy as Fresia (H6). Believed scrapped by 1953.
Group 3 - British Built To top

H21

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28-Jan-1918 1926 Sold 13-Jul-1926, Newport.

H22

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06-Nov-1918 1929 Sold 19-Feb-1929.

H23

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25-May-1918 1934 Sold 03-May-1934, Sunderland/

H24

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30-Apr-1918 1934 Rammed by HMS Vancouver Jul-1922, badly damaged. Sold 04-May-1934, Sunderland.

H25

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16-Jul-1918 1929 Sold 19-Feb-1929.

H26

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29-Dec-1918 1935 Sold 30-Aug-1935, Newport.

H27

 

    No details known.

H28

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29-Jun-1918 18-Aug-1944 Paid off 18-Aug-1944, Troon.

H29

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14-Sep-1918 09-Aug-1926 Sank alongside while trimming, 09-Aug-1926, loss of five civilians and one crew. Sold 07-Oct-1927, Pembroke Dock. 

H30

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19-Oct-1918 1935 Sold 30-Aug-1935, Newport.

H31

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21-Feb-1919 26-Dec-1941 Lost Bay of Biscay, 26-Dec-1941, probably mined.

H32

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14-May-1919 1944 Sold 18-Oct-1944, Troon.

H33

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17-May-1919 1944 Sold 19-May-1944, Troon.

H34

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10-Sep-1919 1945 Sold Jul-1945, scrapped  at Troon.

H35 - 40

 

    Cancelled.

H41

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Nov-1918 1927 Sank after collision with depot ship HMS Vulcan, at Blyth. Raised, sold 07-Oct-1927, Pembroke Dock.  

H42

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01-May-1919 23-Mar-1922 Sank after being rammed by destroyer HMS Versatile, off Gibralter 23-Mar-1922, with loss of all crew. 

H43

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25-Nov-1919 1944 Sold Nov-1944. Scrapped 1945 at Troon.

H44

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15-Apr-1920 1944 Sold 1944, broken up Troon.

H45

 

    Cancelled.

H46

 

    Cancelled.

H47

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25-Feb-1919 09-Jul-1929 Sank after collision with submarine HMS L12, off Milford Haven, Wales, 09-Jul-1929, three survivors.

H48

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23-Jun-1919 1935 Sold 30-Aug-1935, Llanelly.

H49

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25-Oct-1919 18-Oct-1940 Depth charged by German patrol craft, off Texel, Holland, 18-Oct-1940, one survivor.

H50

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03-Feb-1920 1945 Sold for scrapping Jul-1945, Troon.

H51

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01-Sep-1919 1924 Sold 06-Jun-1924.

H52

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16-Dec-1919 1927 Sold 11-Nov-1927

H53 - 54

 

    Cancelled.
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