Chilean submarine Guacolda

The Chilean submarine Guacolda (also spelled as Gualcolda in some sources) was an H-class submarine of the Chilean Navy. The vessel was originally ordered by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy as HMS H13, but was handed over to Chile in 1917 as H1.

Description
Guacolda was a single-hulled submarine, with a pressure hull divided into five watertight compartments. The submarine had a length of  overall, a beam of  and a draught of . She displaced  on the surface and  submerged. The H-class submarines had a crew of 22 officers and enlisted men.

The submarine had two propellers, each of which was driven by a  diesel engine as well as a  electric motors. This arrangement gave Guacolda a maximum speed of  while surfaced and  submerged. She had a range of  at  while on the surface and  at  while submerged. The boat had a capacity of  of fuel oil. The H-class submarines were equipped with four  torpedo tubes in the bow and carried eight torpedoes.

Career 
H13 was a H-class submarine built by Fore River Yard of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 2 July 1915. Because the United States was neutral (having not yet entered World War I), H13 along with sister ships , , , , , , , , and  were all interned by the United States government. As a result, H13 was never commissioned into the Royal Navy. Instead, she and H16, H17, H18, H19, and H20 were transferred to the Chilean Navy as partial recompensation for the appropriation of two 28,000-ton dreadnoughts ( and ). Originally named H1 when turned over to Chile in 1917, she was renamed Guacolda in 1924. She served with the Chilean Navy until she was stricken in 1949.

See also
 List of submarines of the Second World War

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Category:British H-class submarines
Category:Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
Category:1915 ships
Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
Category:British H-class submarines of the Chilean Navy
Category:World War II submarines of Chile