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HMS ''H49'' was a British H-class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was laid down on 15 July 1919 and commissioned on 25 October 1919. In March 1937 the submarine navigated the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in the company of ''H33''.〔 The trip had been arranged by Lieutenant J. Collett, the commander of ''H49''. ''H49'' survived until World War II when she was sunk by depth charging by German patrol craft commanded by Wolfgang Kaden belonging to the 5th German anti-submarine flotilla off Texel, the Netherlands on 18 October 1940. There was only one survivor, Leading Stoker George William Oliver from Hartlepool. He was rescued by German trawlers and spent the rest of the war as a POW at Marlag M 〔 In the mid 1980s amateur divers who had violated ''H49''s war grave status were prosecuted by the Dutch government. ==Design== Like all post-''H20'' British H-class submarines, ''H49'' had a displacement of at the surface and while submerged.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=H-class )〕 It had a total length of , a beam length of , and a draught length of .〔 It contained a diesel engines providing a total power of and two electric motors each providing power.〔 Retrieved from (Naval-History ) on 20 August 2015.〕 The use of its electric motors made the submarine travel at . It would normally carry of fuel and had a maximum capacity of . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of . Post-''H20'' British H-class submarines had ranges of at speeds of when surfaced.〔〔 ''H49'' was fitted with an anti-aircraft gun and four torpedo tubes. Its torpedo tubes were fitted to the bows and the submarine was loaded with eight torpedoes.〔 It is a Holland 602 type submarine but was designed to meet Royal Navy specifications. Its complement was twenty-two crew members.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS H49」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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