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179m|abbr=on}} |Ship height=26m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft=|Ship depth=|Ship hold depth=|Ship decks=|Ship deck clearance=|Ship ramps=|Ship ice class=|Ship power=Horsepower#Brake horsepower>bhp 1,000 shp|Ship sail plan=17km/h10km/h|0}} submerged5300kmabbr=on}} at {{convertkn0}}|Ship endurance=|Ship test depth=|Ship boats=|Ship capacity=|Ship troops=|Ship complement=42|Ship crew=|Ship time to activate=|Ship sensors=|Ship EW=18mmadj=on}} torpedo tubes (2 bow, 4 beam, 2 stern), 16 torpedoes, one 3 inch AA gun|Ship armour=|Ship armor=|Ship aircraft=|Ship aircraft facilities=|Ship notes=}}HMS Nautilus was a Royal Navy submarine. She was the largest submarine built for the Royal Navy at the time.NEWS, An era of Submarines, 20 June 1914, Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, 2, Ancestry.com#Newspapers.com, She was also the first to be given a name.Nautilus was designed in response to recommendations for an overseas submarine displacing 1,000 tons and capable of {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}}. The resulting design changed from the saddle tanks common at the time to a double hull.The order was given to Vickers in 1912 and her keel was laid down in March 1913. Although launched in 1914 it took until 1917 to complete the vessel. Nautilus spent most of her life with the 1st Submarine Flotilla at Portsmouth as a depot ship and later as a battery charging vessel. She was renamed N1 in June 1917.Following decommissioning she was sold for scrap to John Cashmore Ltd on 9 June 1922 and broken up at their yard at Newport, Wales.

References

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Publications

• BOOK, Preston, Antony, The Royal Navy submarine service : a centennial history, 2001, Conway Maritime, London, 978-0851778914,
• COLLEDGE2006,

See also

• List of submarines of the Royal Navy

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