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Diesel engines.
editSome accounts state that these submarines could be propelled by the fitted diesel engine.AT Kunene (talk) 09:59, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
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editthe six second-group vessels should be k23-k28, because k22-k28 counts to seven. (and k22 is the rename of k13)2A00:1620:C0:64:21C:61FF:FE03:A4C (talk) 10:08, 14 January 2014 (UTC) pietro
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H.P.K. Oram - First Lieutenant - 1918 - K6
editNot mentioned as a useful reference, see this autobiography "Ready for Sea" by H.P.K. Oram, whose remarkable Royal Navy career included his 1918-19 service as a First Lieutenant of K6 : Chapters XVI "Fleet Submarine", and XVII "Black Night" are particularly relevant.
Shortly before Oram formally took up his K6 role, he had sailed aboard K7 during the dreadful night in which both K4 and K17 were lost with 107 killed. K6 collided with K4 fatally; last in line, K7 over-ran the sinking K4.
In his concluding Chapter XVIII, Oram observes that "K6 was never easy to control when submerged ..".
The 1976 Futura Publications paperback edition includes two interior K6, as well as one external "steaming at speed" K-class pictures. ISBN 0 8600 7302 5
Regarding the talk item "Diesel Engines" above, Oram's last chapter specifically mentions "Life in the boiler room..". He discusses a "dirty sea" astern that was swamping into the K6 boiler room air intakes while sailing at 12 knots, so a Convoy decision was taken to switch to the K6 diesel engine propulsion, at 7 knots. 2001:8003:1C0E:0:2056:F5AD:49D1:A11B (talk) 08:13, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
STEAM
editInteresting to think that all Royal Navy Submarines use steam as part of the propulsion system at this point in time. 2A00:23C5:6CC1:EB01:7847:6912:B17:CE8E (talk) 12:50, 1 September 2024 (UTC)