HMS K10

HMS K10 was a K class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 28 June 1915. She was commissioned on 26 June 1917. K10 was sold on 4 November 1921. K10 foundered in tow on 10 January 1922. It had a complement of fifty-nine crew members and a length of

Design

K10 displaced when at the surface and while submerged. It had a total length of, a beam of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two oil-fired Yarrow Shipbuilders boilers each supplying one geared Brown-Curtis or Parsons steam turbine; this developed 10,500 ship horsepower to drive two screws. Submerged power came from four electric motors each producing. It was also had an diesel engine to be used when steam was being raised, or instead of raising steam.
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of. It could operate at depths of at for. K10 was armed with ten torpedo tubes, two deck guns, and a anti-aircraft gun. Its torpedo tubes were four in the bow, four in the midship section firing to the sides, and two were mounted on the deck in rotating mountings. Its complement was fifty-nine crew members.