Chilean submarine Rucumilla

	Rucumilla after the rescue
History
Chile
Name	H3 (1917–1924); Rucumilla (1924–1945);
Builder	Fore River Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched	26 July 1915
Acquired	1917
Out of service	Sunk and refloated on 2 June 1919
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 3 in (45.80 m)
Beam	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion	1 × 480 hp (358 kW) diesel engine; 2 × 620 hp (462 kW) electric motors;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged;
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 130 nmi (240 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged;
Complement	22
Armament	4 × 18 in (457 mm) bow torpedo tubes; 8 × 18 inch torpedoes;

Rucumilla was an H-class submarine of the Chilean Navy. The vessel was originally ordered by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy as HMS H17, but was handed over to Chile in 1917 as H3.

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