Guacolda was a single-hulled submarine, with a pressure hull divided into five watertight compartments. The submarine had a length of 150feet overall, a beam of 15feet and a draught of 12feet. She displaced 363LT on the surface and 434LT submerged. The H-class submarines had a crew of 22 officers and enlisted men.[1]
The submarine had two propellers, each of which was driven by a 240hp diesel engine as well as a 320hp electric motors. This arrangement gave Guacolda a maximum speed of 13kn while surfaced and submerged. She had a range of 1750nmi at while on the surface and 30nmi at 5kn while submerged. The boat had a capacity of 17.5LT of fuel oil. The H-class submarines were equipped with four 18inches torpedo tubes in the bow and carried eight torpedoes.[1]
H13 was a H-class submarine built by Fore River Yard of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 2 July 1915. Because the United States was neutral (having not yet entered World War I), H13 along with sister ships,,,,,,,, and were all interned by the United States government. As a result, H13 was never commissioned into the Royal Navy. Instead, she and H16, H17, H18, H19, and H20 were transferred to the Chilean Navy as partial recompensation for the appropriation of two 28,000-ton dreadnoughts (and). Originally named H1 when turned over to Chile in 1917, she was renamed Guacolda in 1924. She served with the Chilean Navy until she was stricken in 1949.