"C" Class Submarine (1906)

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The Royal Navy's thirty-eight "C" Class Submarines entered service between 1907 and 1910.

They were similar to the preceding class and were suited only to local defence by virtue of their modest endurance.

At the start of the war, there were 37 in commission.[1]

After the war, the "B" and "C" class submarines were described as "very good in their day", but with too small a radius to be able to truly operate on enemy coasts.[2]

Torpedoes

  • two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.
  2. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


"C" Class Submarine
Vickers Boats
C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5
C 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 C 10
C 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 C 15
C 16 C 21 C 22 C 23 C 24
C 25 C 26 C 27 C 28 C 29
C 30 C 31 C 32 C 35 C 36
  C 37 C 38  
Chatham Boats
  C 17 C 18 C 19  
  C 20 C 33 C 34  
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