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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS C10 |
Builder | Vickers, Barrow |
Laid down | 30 January 1906 |
Launched | 15 March 1907 |
Commissioned | 13 July 1907 |
Fate | Sold, July 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | C-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 142 ft 3 in (43.4 m) |
Beam | 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
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Speed |
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Range | 910 nmi (1,690 km; 1,050 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface |
Test depth | 100 feet (30.5 m) |
Complement | 2 officers and 14 ratings |
Armament | 2 × 18 in (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes |
HMS C10 was one of 38 C-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The boat survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1922.
The C class was essentially a repeat of the preceding B class, albeit with better performance underwater. The submarine had a length of 142 feet 3 inches (43.4 m) overall, a beam of 13 feet 7 inches (4.1 m) and a mean draft of 11 feet 6 inches (3.5 m). They displaced 287 long tons (292 t) on the surface and 316 long tons (321 t) submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen ratings. [1]
For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder 600- brake-horsepower (447 kW) Vickers petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a 300-horsepower (224 kW) electric motor. [1] They could reach 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface and 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) underwater. On the surface, the C class had a range of 910 nautical miles (1,690 km; 1,050 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). [2]
The boats were armed with two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation. [3]
C10 was laid down on 30 January 1906 by Vickers at their Barrow-in-Furness shipyard, launched on 15 March 1907, and completed on 13 July. During World War I, the boat was generally used for coastal defence and training in home waters.
C10 was part of the 6th Submarine Flotilla, based on the Humber, but on 8 September 1914, the six submarines of the flotilla were sent to Queensferry in the Firth of Forth to search for and attack German submarines that had been active in the area. On 17 September, after the British battlecruiser force had left the Forth for Scapa Flow, the 6th Flotilla was ordered to Cromaty to defend the approaches to Cromaty and Scapa Flow. [4]
On 3 May 1917, C10 was fired on by the British destroyers Ouse and Bat off Blyth, Northumberland. Although one man was killed and a second was wounded, the submarine survived. [5] C10 was sold for scrap in July 1922.
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