An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reported that at the shipyard of Vickers Armstrong, Barrow on 19 July 1928 the submarine mother ship HMS Medway (1) was launched and which was to replace the HMS Maidstone.(2) She had a length of 166 metres. The 2x4.000 hp M.A.N. engines were to achieve a speed of 16 miles.
Notes
1. Depot ship finally sunk by the German submarine U 372 off Alexandria, Egypt on 30 June 1942.
2. Depot ship launched on 29 April 1912 at the shipyard of Scotts and sold on 31 August 1929.
