Date of Incident: 20 January, 1921
Returned to Service: No
On 20 January, 1921, while on an exercise with several sister ships, HMS K.5, a steam-powered submarine, sank with all hands. Only a few pieces of wreckage floated to the surface, and the wreck has never been located.
56 men lost. No survivors.
(Everitt)
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