C Class Submarines Class Overview |
Group 1: |
C-1 thru C-18 |
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Group 2: |
C-19 thru C-38 |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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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 |
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Length: |
N/A |
Engines: |
600 |
Diameter: |
N/A |
Motors: |
300 |
Displacement |
Speed |
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Surfaced |
Surfaced |
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Group 1: |
287 |
Group 1: |
12 knots (design 13 knots) |
Group 2: |
290 |
Group 2: |
13+ knots |
Displacement |
Speed |
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Submerged |
Submerged |
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Group 1: |
316 |
Group 1: |
7 knots (design 7.5 knots) |
Group 2: |
320 |
Group 2: |
8 knots |
Diving Depth: |
100' |
Range |
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Surfaced |
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Crew: |
16 |
Group 1: |
1,500 NM @ 7 knots (design) |
Group 2: |
2,000 NM @ 7 knots |
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Range |
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Submerged |
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Group 1: |
50 NM @ 4.5 knots (design) |
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Group 2: |
55 NM @ 5 knots |
Armament or construction notes: |
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(a): |
Group 2 fitted with a twelve cylinder Vickers gasoline engine. |
Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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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 |
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C-1 (I-31) (Later S-8) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
July 10, 1906 |
Oct. 30, 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sold Apr. 1919 and scrapped.
(Converted to surface patrol craft and renamed S-8) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-2 (I-32) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
July 10, 1906 |
Nov. 20, 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sold Oct. 8, 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-3 (I-33) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Oct. 3, 1906 |
Feb. 23, 1906 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-4 (I-34) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Oct. 18, 1906 |
Mar. 13, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold Feb. 28, 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-5 (I-35) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Aug. 20, 1906 |
Dec. 15, 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Malta Oct. 31, 1919 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-6 (I-36) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Aug. 20, 1906 |
Jan. 21, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 20, 1919 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-7 (I-37) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Feb. 15, 1907 |
May 23, 1907 |
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Fate |
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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.) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-8 (I-38) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Feb. 15, 1907 |
May 23, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold Oct. 22, 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-9 (I-39) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Apr. 3, 1907 |
June 18, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-10 (I-30) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Mar. 15, 1907 |
July 13, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-11 (I-41) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
May 27, 1907 |
Sept. 3, 1907 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-12 (I-42) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Sept. 9, 1907 |
Jan. 1, 1908 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-13 (I-43) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 9, 1907 |
Feb. 19, 1908 |
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Fate |
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Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-14 (I-44) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Dec. 7, 1907 |
Mar. 13, 1921 |
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Fate |
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Sold Dec. 5, 1921 and scrapped.
(Sunk Dec. 10, 1913 after colliding with Hopper-27 in Plymouth Sound. No casualties, raised and repaired) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-15 (I-45) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Jan. 21, 1908 |
Apr. 1, 1908 |
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Fate |
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Sold Feb. 28, 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-16 (I-46) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Mar. 19, 1908 |
June 5, 1908 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-17 (I-47) |
Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Aug. 13, 1908 |
May 13, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 20, 1919 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-18 (I-48) |
Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Oct. 10, 1908 |
July 23, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Sunderland, England May 26, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-19 (I-49) |
Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
March 20, 1909 |
November 9, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-20 (I-50) |
Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Nov. 27, 1909 |
Jan. 31, 1910 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Sunderland, England May 26, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-21 (I-51) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Sept. 26, 1908 |
May 18, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold Dec. 5, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-22 (I-52) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Oct. 10, 1908 |
May 5, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold Feb. 2, 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-23 (I-53) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 26, 1908 |
May 5, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold Dec. 5, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-24 (I-54) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 26, 1908 |
May 5, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold May 29, 1921 at Sunderland, England and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-25 (I-55) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Mar. 10, 1909 |
May 28, 1909 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-26 (I-56) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Mar. 20, 1909 |
May 28, 1909 |
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Fate |
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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. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-27 (I-57) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Apr. 22, 1909 |
Aug. 14, 1909 |
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Fate |
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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. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-28 (I-58) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Apr. 22, 1909 |
Aug. 14, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Sunderland, England Aug. 25, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-29 (I-59) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
June 19, 1909 |
Sept. 17, 1909 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-30 (I-60) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
July 19, 1909 |
Oct. 11, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold Aug. 25, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-31 (I-61) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Sept. 2, 1909 |
Nov. 19, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sailed from Dover for a patrol off Zeebrugge, Belgium and was never seen again, |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-32 (I-62) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Sept. 29, 1909 |
Nov. 19, 1909 |
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Fate |
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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. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-33 (I-63) |
Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
May 10, 1910 |
Aug. 13, 1910 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
June 8, 1910 |
Sept. 17, 1910 |
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Fate |
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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) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-35 (I-65) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 2, 1909 |
Feb. 1, 1910 |
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Fate |
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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. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-36 (I-66) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 30, 1909 |
Feb. 1, 1910 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Hong Kong June 25, 1919 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-37 (I-67) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Jan. 1, 1910 |
Mar. 31, 1910 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Hong Kong June 25, 1919 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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C-38 (I-38) |
Vickers Sons, & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Feb. 10, 1910 |
Mar. 31, 1910 |
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Fate |
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Sold at Hong Kong June 25, 1919 and scrapped.
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