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Submarine of the Royal Navy

History United Kingdom Name H28 Builder Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness Laid down 18 March 1917 Launched 12 March 1918 Commissioned 29 June 1918 Fate Scrapped, 18 August 1944 General characteristics Class & type H-class submarine Displacement 423 long tons (430 t) surfaced 510 long tons (518 t) submerged Length 171 ft 0 in (52.12 m) Beam 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) Propulsion 1 × 480 hp (358 kW) diesel engine 2 × 620 hp (462 kW) electric motors Speed 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged Range 2,985 nmi (5,528 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) surfaced 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged Complement 22 Armament 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 8 × 21-inch torpedoes

**HMS *H28*** was a [British H-class submarine](/source/British_H-class_submarine) built by [Vickers Limited](/source/Vickers_Limited), [Barrow-in-Furness](/source/Barrow-in-Furness), as part of the Batch 3 H-class submarines. She was [laid down](/source/Keel_laying) on 18 March 1917 and was [commissioned](/source/Ship_commissioning) on 29 June 1918. *H28* was the only British submarine to see active service in both World Wars, and was finally [scrapped](/source/Ship_breaking) in 1944.

## Design

Like all post-*H20* [British H-class submarines](/source/British_H-class_submarine), *H28* had a [displacement](/source/Displacement_(ship)) of 423 [long tons](/source/Long_ton) (430 [t](/source/Tonne)) at the surface and 510 long tons (520 t) while submerged.[1] It had a total length of 171 feet (52 m),[2] a [beam](/source/Beam_(nautical)) of 15 feet 4 inches (4.67 m), and a [draught](/source/Draft_(hull)) of 39 feet 4 inches (12 m).[3] It contained [diesel engines](/source/Diesel_engine) providing a total power of 480 [horsepower](/source/Horsepower) (360 kW) and two electric motors each providing 320 horsepower (240 kW).[3] The use of its electric motors made the submarine travel at 11 [knots](/source/Knot_(unit)) (20 km/h; 13 mph). It would normally carry 16.4 long tons (16.7 t) of fuel and had a maximum capacity of 18 long tons (18 t).[4]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) and a submerged speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph). Post-*H20* British H-class submarines had ranges of 2,985 [nautical miles](/source/Nautical_mile) (5,528 km; 3,435 mi) at speeds of 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when surfaced.[1][3] *H28* was fitted with an [anti-aircraft gun](/source/Anti-aircraft_warfare) and four 21-inch (533 mm) [torpedo tubes](/source/Torpedo_tube). Its torpedo tubes were fitted to the [bow](/source/Bow_(watercraft)) and the submarine was loaded with eight 21-inch torpedoes.[1] It is a [Holland 602 type submarine](/source/Holland_602_type_submarine) but was designed to meet Royal Navy specifications. Its [complement](/source/Ship's_company) was twenty-two crew members.[1]

## Service

Following her commissioning, *H28* saw active service in the final months of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) with the [8th Submarine Flotilla](/source/8th_Submarine_Flotilla), based at [Great Yarmouth](/source/Great_Yarmouth).[5] In 1919, she joined the [3rd Submarine Flotilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3rd_Submarine_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1) based at [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth),[6] however, the flotilla deployed to the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) in September 1919 under Captain [Max Horton](/source/Max_Horton) as part of the [Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War](/source/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War), where they remained until the sea froze over, returning to Britain on 2 January 1920.[7] The flotilla relocated to [Devonport](/source/HMNB_Devonport) in 1922. In 1927, *H28* transferred to the [5th Submarine Flotilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th_Submarine_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1) at [Gosport](/source/Gosport), where she was listed as being in reserve the following year, active in 1933 and in reserve again in 1938.[6] During one of her periods of active service, during a visit by her flotilla to [Ghent](/source/Ghent), *H28* collided with the British [steamer](/source/Steamship) *Vale of Mowbray* in the [Ghent–Terneuzen Canal](/source/Ghent%E2%80%93Terneuzen_Canal) on 28 May 1929. Both ships sustained minor damage, with *H28* damaged above the waterline.[8][9][10]

*H28* was reactivated at the start of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), making her the only British submarine to see front line service in both conflicts.[11] In 1939, she was still listed with the 5th Submarine Flotilla in the training role at Gosport,[12] but following a refit at [Sheerness](/source/Sheerness), joined other H-class submarines at [Harwich](/source/Harwich) in September 1940. Joining *H28* at this time was Sub-Lieutenant [Edward Preston Young](/source/Edward_Preston_Young), who was the first [Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve](/source/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve) (RNVR) officer ever to be admitted to the [Submarine Service](/source/Royal_Navy_Submarine_Service).[13] Following the [fall of France](/source/Battle_of_France) in June 1940, these training submarines undertook operational patrols in the North Sea as an [anti-invasion precaution](/source/British_anti-invasion_preparations_of_the_Second_World_War). On 11 October 1940, *H28* commanded by Lieutenant E A Woodward, unsuccessfully fired four torpedoes at a small enemy merchant ship off the Netherlands coast,[14] and subsequently escaped after being [depth-charged](/source/Depth_charge) by escort vessels.[15] Following the loss of [*H49*](/source/HMS_H49) shortly afterwards, operational patrols by the other H-class submarines were suspended, and the flotilla moved to [Rothesay](/source/Rothesay) on the [River Clyde](/source/River_Clyde) in December 1940 to resume training duties. These included giving new officers and ratings seagoing experience, as well as providing live targets for escort vessels practicing anti-submarine techniques.[16]

On 18 August 1944 *H28* was sold for demolition, and then broken up at [Troon](/source/Troon), Scotland.[3]

## See also

- [List of submarines of the Second World War](/source/List_of_submarines_of_the_Second_World_War)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-batcru_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-batcru_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-batcru_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-batcru_1-3) Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Robert (1985). *Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921*. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 92. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85177-245-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-245-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Walters2004_2-0)** Walters, Derek (2004). [*The History of the British 'U' Class Submarine*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VyeJ9DOXcOAC&pg=PA2). Casemate Publishers. pp. 2–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84415-131-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-131-8).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Colledge_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Colledge_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Colledge_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Colledge_3-3) [Colledge, J. J.](/source/J._J._Colledge); Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. [*Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present*](/source/Ships_of_the_Royal_Navy) (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-86176-281-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86176-281-8). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [67375475](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/67375475). Retrieved from [Naval-History](http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3WarshipsA.htm#10) on 20 August 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Perkins, J. D. (1999). ["Building History and Technical Details for Canadian CC-Boats and the Original H-CLASS"](http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hpatsubs.htm). Electric Boat Company Holland Patent Submarines. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Watson, Graham (30 December 2000). ["Royal Navy Submarine Disposition, November 1918"](http://www.gwpda.org/naval/fdrn0007.htm). *www.gwpda.org*. The Great War Primary Documents Archive. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-naval-history1_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-naval-history1_6-1) Watson, Graham (2 September 2015). ["BETWEEN THE WARS: ROYAL NAVY ORGANISATION AND SHIP DEPLOYMENTS 1919-1939: 9. SUBMARINE DEPLOYMENT 1919-1939"](https://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1919-39.htm#9). *www.naval-history.net*. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Wright 2017, p. 376

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "News in Brief: Submarine in Collision with Steamer". *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. No. 45215. 29 May 1929. p. 16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "Casualty Reports (from Lloyd's)". *The Times*. No. 45215. 29 May 1929. p. 26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Hutchinson 2001, p. 49

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** McCartney 2006, p. 18

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Watson, Graham (2 September 2015). ["ROYAL NAVY SHIPS, SEPTEMBER 1939"](https://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3909-04RN.htm). *www.naval-history.net*. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Young 1997, p. 28

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hezlet2001_14-0)** Hezlet 2001, Chapter 6

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Young 1997, pp. 39-40

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Young 1997, pp. 41-43

## Bibliography

- [Hezlet, Arthur Richard](/source/Arthur_Hezlet) (2001). [*British and allied submarine operations in World War II*](https://www.rnsubmusfriends.org.uk/hezlet/volume1/chapter6.htm). Gosport: Royal Navy Submarine Museum. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0952669616](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0952669616).

- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). *Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves*. London: HarperCollins. p. 49. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-00710558-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00710558-4).

- McCartney, Innes (2006). [*British Submarines 1939–45*](https://books.google.com/books?id=CaWdCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1846030079](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1846030079).

- Wright, Damien (2017). [*Churchill's Secret War with Lenin: British And Commonwealth Military Intervention In The Russian Civil War, 1918-20*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QYiWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA376). Warwick: Helion and Company. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1911512103](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1911512103).

- [Young, Edward](/source/Edward_Preston_Young) (1997). *One of Our Submarines*. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1853266812](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1853266812).

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