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K Class (1917) SS 
Ships

Ship Pennant
No
Commissioned Decommission/
Loss
Note:
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K1

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May-1917 18-Nov-1918 Sunk by gunfire from British Cruiser HMS Blonde after colliding with K4 off Danish coast 18-Nov-1917, crew taken off.

K2

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Feb-1917 1926 Collided with K12 11-Jan-1924. Collided with H29 07-Nov-1924. Sold 13-Jul-1926, Newport.

K3

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04-Aug-1916 1918 Uncontrolled dive to 266ft, crushing parts of the hull, 02-May-1918. 
Collided with obsolete destroyer under tow Jul-1920.  Sold 26-Oct-1921, London.

K4

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01-Jan-1917 31-Jan-1918 Collided with K1 off May Island, Firth of Forth, 31-Jan-1918, then hit by K6 and almost cut in two. Sank with loss of all crew.

K5

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19-May-1917 20-Jan-1921 Sank during exercise dive To Bay off Torquay, 20-Jan-1921, with loss of all crew.

K6

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May-1917 31-Jan-1918 Sank after collision with K4 off May Island, Firth of Forth, 31-Jan-1918.

K7

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Jul-1917 1921 Sold 09-Sep-1921, Sunderland.

K8

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06-Mar-1917 1923 Sold 11-Oct-1923.

K9

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09-May-1917 1921 In Reserve 1921, sold 23-Jul-1926 Charlestown.

K10

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26-Jun-1917 1921 Sold 04-Nov-1921. Foundered while under tow, 10-Jan-1922.

K11

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Feb-1917 1921 Sold 04-Nov-1921.

K12

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Aug-1917 1926 11-Jan-1924, collided with K2 off Portland, hole in forward casing. Scrapped 1926 Charlestown.

K13

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n/a n/a During final dive trial at Gareloch 29-Jan-1917, boiler flooded and unable to surface. 67 crew rescued, 31 crew died. Salved 15-Mar-1917, and re-commissioned as HMS K22.

K14

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22-May-1917 1926 Collided with K22 off May Island, Firth of Forth, 31-Jan-1918, 2 crew lost bows damaged. Sold 16-Feb-1926, Granton.

K15

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30-Apr-1918 25-Jun-1921 Sank alongside light cruiser HMS Canterbury, Portsmouth Harbour, 25-Jun-1921 raised and beached Jul-1921, sold Aug-1924.

K16

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13-Apr-1918 1920 Paid off 1920. Sold Sep-1924, Charlestown. 

K17

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20-Sep-1917 31-Jan-1918 Sank in collision with Light cruiser HMS Fearless, off May Island, Firth of Forth, 31-Jan-1918, 48 crew lost.

K18

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n/a n/a Became submarine Monitor HMS M1.
 See : M Class (1918) SS.

K19

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n/a n/a Became submarine Monitor HMS M2.
See : M Class (1918) SS

K20

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n/a n/a Became submarine Monitor HMS M3.
See : M Class (1918) SS

K21

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n/a n/a Laid down as HMS M4. Cancelled and sold as incomplete hull 30-Nov-1921.

K22 (Ex K13)

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18-Oct-1917 1926 Rammed by battlecruiser HMS Inflexible off May Island, Firth of Forth, 31-Jan-1918, returned safely to Rosyth. Sold 16-Dec-1926, Sunderland. 
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K23

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n/a n/a Cancelled.

K24

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n/a n/a Cancelled.

K25

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n/a n/a Cancelled.

K26

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28-Jun-1923 1931 Scrapped Mar-1931, Malta.

K27

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n/a n/a Cancelled.

K28

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n/a n/a Cancelled.
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This page last edited - 05 March, 2013.

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