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CI HMS submarine

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:47 pm

Name: HMS C1
Builder: Vickers, Barrow in Furness
Laid down: 13 November 1905
Launched: 10 July 1906
Commissioned: 30 October 1906
Fate: Sold, 22 October 1920
Class & type: C class submarine
Displacement: 287 long tons (292 t) surfaced
316 long tons (321 t) submerged
Length: 143 ft 2 in (43.64 m)
Beam: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion: 600 hp (450 kW) Vickers petrol engine, 200 hp (150 kW) electric motor, 1 screw
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced, 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range: 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced, 50 nmi (93 km) at 4.5 kn (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged
Complement: 16
Armament: 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)


HMS C1 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 13 November 1905, launched 10 July 1906 and was commissioned on 30 October 1906.

April 1909 - Section III, 3rd Division, Home Fleet
September 1914 - Sheerness (5th Flotilla)
September 1914 - Lt.Cdr. Clyfford H. Warren in Command
20th August 1916 - 4th Submarine Flotilla (Queenborough)
20th August 1916 - Lt Arthur L. Noakes in Command
1918 - Converted

C1 was equipped with wireless telegraphy. She was converted to a surface patrol boat and renamed S8 for Adriatic service.

On 23 April 1918 she was packed with dynamite to be blown up at Zeebrugge Mole. However, this did not happen.

C1 was sold 22 October 1920 to Stanlee, and resold 14 November 1921 to Young, Sunderland

Micronesia 2014 %1.20 sg?, scott? Stamp image from internet.

Sources: Wikipedia. http://www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Informatio ... -Yard.aspx

Peter Crichton.
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