HMCS CH-14
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HMCS CH-14 was an H class submarine
British H class submarine
The British H class submarines were Holland 602 type submarines used by the Royal Navy. The submarines constructed for the British Royal Navy between 1915 and 1919 were designed and built in response to German boats which mined British waters and sank coastal shipping with ease due to their small...
used by the Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
from 1919. She was originally built for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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as HMS H-14 in 1915. CH-14 was scrapped in 1927.
Royal Navy Service
HMS H-14 was ordered in December 1914 and completed at the Fore River Yard in QuincyQuincy, Massachusetts
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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in December 1915 in the then-neutral United States. When the US government discovered the construction, they impounded H-14 and her completed sister ships, only releasing them following their own declaration of war two years later. H-14 was launched in 1917. She saw service with the Royal Navy in Bermuda
Bermuda
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On 15 April 1918, H-14 departed Bermuda for the Azores
Azores
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in a group that consisted of some 40 Allied
Allies of World War I
The Entente Powers were the countries at war with the Central Powers during World War I. The members of the Triple Entente were the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire; Italy entered the war on their side in 1915...
ships led by . Shortly after leaving port, H-14 collided with the oiler , necessitating a return to Bermuda. H-14 was towed back to Bermuda by on 18 April.
In February 1919 the Royal Navy presented H-14 and her sister ship, to the Royal Canadian Navy where they were renamed HMCS CH-14 and CH-15, respectively.
Royal Canadian Navy Service
CH-14 was commissioned in HalifaxCity of Halifax
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in June 1919. The CH class was used to replace the CC class submarine
CC class submarine
The CC class submarine was the first class of submarines used by the Royal Canadian Navy.They were originally purchased by the province of British Columbia from a shipbuilder in Seattle, Washington, which had built the submarines for the Chilean Navy....
s. Like the CC class subs, the H class did not last long and was paid off on 30 June 1922. She was scrapped in 1927.
The RCN did not acquire any more submarines until after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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