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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

SUBMARINES

"C" submarines (C1)

C4 1907

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
C1   Vickers, Barrow 03/1905 10/7/1906 11/1906 BU 10/1920
C2   Vickers, Barrow 11/1905 10/7/1906 11/1906 BU 10/1920
C3   Vickers, Barrow 11/1905 3/10/1906 2/1907 expended 23/4/1918
C4   Vickers, Barrow 11/1905 18/10/1906 3/1907 BU 4/1922
C5   Vickers, Barrow 11/1905 20/8/1906 4/1907 BU 10/1919
C6   Vickers, Barrow 11/1905 20/8/1906 1/1907 BU 11/1919
C7   Vickers, Barrow 12/1905 15/2/1907 5/1907 BU 12/1919
C8   Vickers, Barrow 12/1905 15/2/1907 5/1907 BU 10/1920
C9   Vickers, Barrow 1/1906 3/4/1907 6/1907 BU 7/1922
C10   Vickers, Barrow 1/1906 15/4/1907 7/1907 BU 7/1922
C11   Vickers, Barrow 4/1906 27/5/1907 9/1907 collision 14/7/1909
C12   Vickers, Barrow 11/1906 9/9/1907 1/1908 BU 2/1920
C13   Vickers, Barrow 11/1906 9/11/1907 2/1908 BU 2/1920
C14   Vickers, Barrow 12/1906 7/12/1907 3/1908 BU 12/1921
C15   Vickers, Barrow 12/1906 21/1/1908 4/1908 BU 2/1922
C16   Vickers, Barrow 12/1906 19/3/1908 6/1908 BU 8/1922
C17   Chatham DYd 3/1907 13/8/1908 5/1909 BU 11/1919
C18   Chatham DYd 3/1907 10/10/1908 7/1909 BU 5/1921
C19   Chatham DYd 6/1908 20/3/1909 11/1909 BU 2/1920
C20   Chatham DYd 6/1908 27/11/1909 1/1910 BU 5/1921
C21   Vickers, Barrow 2/1908 26/9/1908 5/1909 BU 12/1921
C22   Vickers, Barrow 2/1908 10/10/1908 5/1909 BU 2/1920
C23   Vickers, Barrow 2/1908 26/11/1908 5/1909 BU 12/1921
C24   Vickers, Barrow 2/1908 26/11/1908 5/1909 BU 5/1921
C25   Vickers, Barrow 2/1908 10/3/1909 5/1909 BU 12/1921
C26   Vickers, Barrow 2/1908 20/3/1909 5/1909 scuttled 4/4/1918
C27   Vickers, Barrow 6/1908 22/4/1909 8/1909 scuttled 4/4/1918
C28   Vickers, Barrow 3/1908 22/4/1909 8/909 BU 8/1921
C29   Vickers, Barrow 6/1908 19/6/1909 9/1909 sunk 29/8/1915
C30   Vickers, Barrow 6/1908 19/7/1909 10/1909 BU 8/1921
C31   Vickers, Barrow 1/1909 2/9/1909 11/1909 sunk 4/1/1915
C32   Vickers, Barrow 1/1909 29/9/1909 11/1909 stranded 24/10/1917
C33   Chatham DYd 3/1909 10/5/1910 8/1910 sunk 4/8/1915
C34   Chatham DYd 3/1909 8/6/1910 9/1910 sunk 21/7/1917
C35   Vickers, Barrow 3/1909 2/11/1909 2/1910 scuttled 4/4/1918
C36   Vickers, Barrow 3/1909 30/11/1909 2/1910 BU 6/1919
C37   Vickers, Barrow 4/1909 1/1/1910 3/1910 BU 6/1919
C38   Vickers, Barrow 4/1909 10/2/1910 3/1910 BU 6/1919
CC1 (RCN)   Seattle Co, USA 1912 3/6/1913 8/1914 BU 1925
CC2 (RCN)   Seattle Co, USA 1912 31/12/1913 8/1914 BU 1925

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

  

Displacement normal, t

C1 - 38: 287 - 290 / 316 - 320

CC1, 2: 313 / 373

Length, m

C1 - 38: 43.3

CC1: 44.0

CC2: 48.0

Breadth, m

C1 - 38: 4.10

CC1: 4.57

CC2: 4.26

Draught, m

C1 - 38: 3.40 - 3.50

CC1, 2: 3.35

No of shafts

1

Machinery

16-cyl Vickers petrol engine / electric motor

Power, h. p.

C1 - 38: 600 / 300

CC1: 600 / 240

CC2: 600 / 260

Max speed, kn

C1 - 38: 13 / 7.5

CC1, 2: 13 / 10.2

Fuel, t

petrol 16

Armament

C1 - 38: 2 - 450 TT (bow, 4)

CC1: 5 - 450 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 5)

CC2: 3 - 450 TT (2 bow, 1 stern, 3)

Complement

C1 - 38: 16

CC1, 2: 18
Diving depth operational, m 30

Ship project history: Small coast defence submarines, were too cramped and had dangerous petrol engines.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Ñ11 was lost 14/7/1909 as a result of collision with s/s Eddystone. Ñ31 and Ñ33 were lost 4/1/1915 and 4/8/1915 for the unknown reasons, Ñ34 was torpedoed 21/7/1917, Ñ29 was mined 29/8/1915. Ñ32 ran aground at Riga bay and was destroyed 24/10/1917. Ñ26, Ñ27 and Ñ35 are scuttled 4/4/1918 at Helsingfors in order to avoid capture by Germans. Ñ3 was loaded with explosives and was blown up 23/4/18 during attack of Zeebrugge.

 

 

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