C Class Submarines Class Overview

Group 1:
C-1 thru C-18
Group 2:
C-19 thru C-38
Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
142' 2.5"

Engines:

1 sixteen cylinder Vickers gasoline (a)
Beam:
13' 7"
Motors:
1
Draft:
11' 2" (Group 2: 11' 6")
Shafts:
1
Pressure Hull
Horsepower
Length:
N/A
Engines:
600
Diameter:
N/A
Motors:
300
Displacement
Speed
Surfaced
Surfaced
Group 1:
287
Group 1:
12 knots (design 13 knots)
Group 2:
290
Group 2:
13+ knots
Displacement
Speed
Submerged
Submerged
Group 1:
316
Group 1:
7 knots (design 7.5 knots)
Group 2:
320
Group 2:
8 knots
Diving Depth:
100'
Range
Surfaced
Crew:
16
Group 1:
1,500 NM @ 7 knots (design)
Group 2:
2,000 NM @ 7 knots
Range
Submerged
Group 1:
50 NM @ 4.5 knots (design)
Group 2:
55 NM @ 5 knots
 
Armament or construction notes:
(a):
Group 2 fitted with a twelve cylinder Vickers gasoline engine.


Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
2
18" (450mm)
Torpedo tubes
Bow
800 yards @ 26.5 knots
118 lbs. wet gun-cotton warhead
2 reloads


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-1 (I-31)
(Later S-8)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

July 10, 1906
Oct. 30, 1906
Fate
Sold Apr. 1919 and scrapped.

(Converted to surface patrol craft and renamed S-8)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-2 (I-32)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

July 10, 1906
Nov. 20, 1906
Fate
Sold Oct. 8, 1920 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-3 (I-33)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Oct. 3, 1906
Feb. 23, 1906
Fate
Apr. 23, 1918 filled with explosives and rammed into the viaduct at
Zeebrugge, Belgium destroying the boat. Later scrapped.

(The commanding officer Lt. Richard Sandford was awarded the Victoria Cross
for this action)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-4 (I-34)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Oct. 18, 1906
Mar. 13, 1907
Fate
Sold Feb. 28, 1922 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-5 (I-35)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Aug. 20, 1906
Dec. 15, 1906
Fate
Sold at Malta Oct. 31, 1919 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-6 (I-36)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Aug. 20, 1906
Jan. 21, 1907
Fate
Sold Nov. 20, 1919 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-7 (I-37)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Feb. 15, 1907
May 23, 1907
Fate
Sold Dec. 20, 1919 and scrapped.

(Often mistakenly credited with sinking UC-68 on Apr. 5, 1917 in the North Sea
near Schowen, The Netherlands. However this attack was made against UB-10
which survived the attack.

UC-68 departed Mar. 10, 1917 from Flanders for a ten day patrol but the boat
never returned. UC-68 was most likely destroyed by her own mines on or
about Mar. 13, 1917 off Start Point in the English Channel.
A wreck located at position 50.19.09N - 03.30.00W is thought to be that of
UC-68 but could be that of UC-49.)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-8 (I-38)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Feb. 15, 1907
May 23, 1907
Fate
Sold Oct. 22, 1920 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-9 (I-39)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Apr. 3, 1907
June 18, 1907
Fate
Sold July 1922 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-10 (I-30)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Mar. 15, 1907
July 13, 1907
Fate
Sold July 1922 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-11 (I-41)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

May 27, 1907
Sept. 3, 1907
Fate
Sunk July 14, 1909 after being rammed by SS Eddystone (Farrar, Groves & Co.
Steamship Line, Liverpool, England)

Location: North Sea, 17 miles ESE of Cromer, England.
(52.53N - 01.42E)

12 crewmen killed, 3 survivors.
(Roll of Honour)

(The survivors were the C.O. Lt. Charles G. Brodie, Sub-Lt. G. Watkins and
Able Seaman Stripes)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-12 (I-42)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Sept. 9, 1907
Jan. 1, 1908
Fate
Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.

(Sunk Oct. 6, 1918 after engine failure allowed the boat to be driven against
a destroyer at the East Jetty, Immingham Dock, Humberside, England.
There were no casualties and the boat was raised and repaired)

(Read the Oct. 6, 2006 Daily Event about HMS C-12)
Name
Builder

Launched

Commissioned
C-13 (I-43)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Nov. 9, 1907
Feb. 19, 1908
Fate
Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-14 (I-44)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Dec. 7, 1907
Mar. 13, 1921
Fate
Sold Dec. 5, 1921 and scrapped.

(Sunk Dec. 10, 1913 after colliding with Hopper-27 in Plymouth Sound.
No casualties, raised and repaired)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-15 (I-45)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Jan. 21, 1908
Apr. 1, 1908
Fate
Sold Feb. 28, 1922 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-16 (I-46)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Mar. 19, 1908
June 5, 1908
Fate
Sold Aug. 12, 1922 and scrapped.

(Sunk Apr. 16, 1917, rammed by HMS Melampus while conducting a mock
torpedo attack off Harwich, England. Crew survived the sinking but all
16 perished trying to escape.)
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-17 (I-47)
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

Aug. 13, 1908
May 13, 1909
Fate
Sold Nov. 20, 1919 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-18 (I-48)
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

Oct. 10, 1908
July 23, 1909
Fate
Sold at Sunderland, England May 26, 1921 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-19 (I-49)
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

March 20, 1909
November 9, 1909
Fate
Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-20 (I-50)
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

Nov. 27, 1909
Jan. 31, 1910
Fate
Sold at Sunderland, England May 26, 1921 and scrapped.
         
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-21 (I-51)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Sept. 26, 1908
May 18, 1909
Fate
Sold Dec. 5, 1921 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-22 (I-52)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Oct. 10, 1908
May 5, 1909
Fate
Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-23 (I-53)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Nov. 26, 1908
May 5, 1909
Fate
Sold Dec. 5, 1921 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-24 (I-54)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Nov. 26, 1908
May 5, 1909
Fate
Sold May 29, 1921 at Sunderland, England and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-25 (I-55)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Mar. 10, 1909
May 28, 1909
Fate
Sold Dec. 5, 1921 at Sunderland, England and scrapped.

(July 6, 1918 damaged by German aircraft off Harwich, 5 crewmen were killed
and many others were injured. Boat was towed back to port by HMS Lurcher.)
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-26 (I-56)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Mar. 20, 1909
May 28, 1909
Fate
April 4, 1918, scuttled to avoid capture by German forces.

Location: Gulf of Finland, 1.5 miles south of Grohara light,
Helingfors (Helsinki), Finland.

Wreck raised in Aug. 1953 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-27 (I-57)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Apr. 22, 1909
Aug. 14, 1909
Fate
April 5, 1918, scuttled to avoid capture by German forces.

Location: Gulf of Finland, 1.5 miles south of Grohara light,
Helingfors (Helsinki), Finland.

Wreck raised in Aug. 1953 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-28 (I-58)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Apr. 22, 1909
Aug. 14, 1909
Fate
Sold at Sunderland, England Aug. 25, 1921 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-29 (I-59)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

June 19, 1909
Sept. 17, 1909
Fate
Sunk by a mine Aug. 29, 1915 while being towed submerged by the Q-Ship Ariadne.
Ariadne strayed into a minefield.
(Read the Aug. 29 Daily Event about HMS C-29)

Location: North Sea, 68 miles northeast of Grimsby, England.
(53.59N - 01.24E)

17 crewmen killed, no survivors.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-30 (I-60)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

July 19, 1909
Oct. 11, 1909
Fate
Sold Aug. 25, 1921 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-31 (I-61)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Sept. 2, 1909
Nov. 19, 1909
Fate

Sailed from Dover for a patrol off Zeebrugge, Belgium and was never seen again,
thought to have been mined.

Location: North Sea, off Belgium.
(A wreck located 8 miles NW of Knokke-Heist, Belgium at position
51.25.223N - 03.06.262E is possibly that of the C-31)

17 crewmen killed, no survivors.
(Roll of Honour)

Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-32 (I-62)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Sept. 29, 1909
Nov. 19, 1909
Fate
Oct. 24, 1917 Deliberately grounded and destroyed by crew using charges.

(Badly damaged by German warships on Oct. 22)

Location: Gulf of Riga, near Pernau (Pärnu), Estonia.
(near position 58.22N - 24.28E)

No casualties.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-33 (I-63)
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

May 10, 1910
Aug. 13, 1910
Fate
Missing since Aug. 4, 1915 for unknown reasons.

(Was operating with the Q-Ship Malta to trap U-boats, the two ships parted at
20:15 on Aug. 4 and the last contact with C-33 was made at 21:50, thought to
have been mined but, the wreck has never been located)

Location: North Sea, off Yarmouth, England.

17 crewmen killed, no survivors.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

June 8, 1910
Sept. 17, 1910
Fate
Sunk July 17, 1917 by SMS U-52, torpedoed while surfaced.

(Sources often mistakenly credit UC-74 or U-74 with sinking C-34 however,
UC-74 operated in the Mediterranean Sea and never operated
in the North Sea and U-74 had been sunk on May 16, 1916)


Location: North Sea, 59 miles east of Fair Isle.
(59.30N - 00.05E)

18 crewmen killed, 1 survivor, Stoker Frank Scoble was picked up by U-52.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-35 (I-65)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Nov. 2, 1909
Feb. 1, 1910
Fate
April 5, 1918, scuttled to avoid capture by German forces.

Location: Gulf of Finland, 1.5 miles south of Grohara light,
Helingfors (Helsinki), Finland.

Wreck raised in Aug. 1953 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-36 (I-66)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Nov. 30, 1909
Feb. 1, 1910
Fate
Sold at Hong Kong June 25, 1919 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-37 (I-67)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Jan. 1, 1910
Mar. 31, 1910
Fate
Sold at Hong Kong June 25, 1919 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
C-38 (I-38)
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Feb. 10, 1910
Mar. 31, 1910
Fate
Sold at Hong Kong June 25, 1919 and scrapped.


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