Chilean submarine Guale

History
Chile
Name	H4
Builder	Fore River Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched	26 July 1915
Acquired	1917
Renamed	Guale, 1924
Stricken	1945
General characteristics
Class and type	H-class submarine
Displacement	364 long tons (370 t) surfaced; 434 long tons (441 t) submerged;
Length	150 ft 9 in (45.9 m)
Beam	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Draught	12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion	1 × 480 bhp (358 kW) diesel engine; 2 × 640 hp (477 kW) electric motors;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged;
Range	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced; 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Complement	22
Armament	4 × 18 in (457 mm) bow torpedo tubes; 8 × 18-inch torpedoes;

The Chilean submarine Guale was an H-class submarine of the Chilean Navy. The vessel was originally ordered by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy as HMS H18, but was handed over to Chile in 1917 as H4.

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