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{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}

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|Ship name=HMS ''C32''
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|Ship builder=[[Vickers]], [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]]
|Ship laid down= 12 January 1909
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|Ship fate=Wrecked, 22 October 1917
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|Ship class=[[British C-class submarine|C-class submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|290|LT|t|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|320|LT|t|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|142|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|13|ft|7|in|m|1|abbr=on}} 
|Ship draught={{convert|11|ft|6|in|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*{{convert|600|bhp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} [[petrol]]
*{{convert|300|hp|kW|abbr=on}} electric
|Ship propulsion=*1 × 16-cylinder Vickers petrol engine
*1 × [[electric motor]]
|Ship speed=*{{convert|13|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|8|kn|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship range={{convert|910|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}} on the surface
|Ship test depth={{convert|100|ft|1}}
|Ship complement=2 officers and 14 ratings
|Ship armament=2 × [[British 18 inch torpedo|18&nbsp;in (450&nbsp;mm)]] bow [[torpedo tube]]s
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'''HMS ''C32''''' was one of 38 [[British C-class submarine|C-class submarine]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the first decade of the 20th century. The boat [[Ship grounding|ran aground]] in the Baltic in 1917 and had to be destroyed to prevent her capture.

==Design and description==
The C-class boats of the 1907–08 and subsequent Naval Programmes were modified to improve their speed, both above and below the surface. The submarine had a length of {{convert|142|ft|3|in|m|1}} [[length overall|overall]], a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|13|ft|7|in|m|1}} and a mean [[draft (ship)|draft]] of {{convert|11|ft|6|in|m|1}}. They [[displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|290|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|320|LT|t}} submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen [[naval rating|ratings]].<ref name=gg9>Gardiner & Gray, p. 87</ref>

For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 12-cylinder<ref>Harrison, Chapter 25</ref> {{convert|600|bhp|lk=in|0|adj=on}} [[Vickers]] [[petrol engine]] that drove one [[propeller shaft]]. When submerged the propeller was driven by a {{convert|300|hp|0|adj=on}} [[electric motor]].<ref name=gg9/> They could reach {{convert|13|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|8|kn}} underwater. On the surface, the C class had a range of {{convert|910|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}.<ref>Harrison, Chapters 3</ref>

The boats were armed with two [[British 18 inch torpedo|18-inch (45&nbsp;cm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s 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.<ref>Harrison, Chapter 27</ref>

==Construction and career==
HMS ''C32'' was built by [[Vickers]], [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]]. She was laid down on 12 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909. The boat was involved in [[North Sea]] operations from 1914 to 1916. ''C32'' was also involved in the [[British submarine flotilla in the Baltic|British submarine operations in the Baltic]] in 1916 and 1917. During her patrol in the [[Gulf of Riga]] in the Baltic, she sank a [[merchant ship]]. The boat ran ashore and was blown up in the [[Gulf of Riga]] on 22 October 1917.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Akermann|first=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955|edition=reprint of the 1989|year=2002|publisher=Periscope Publishing|location=Penzance, Cornwall|isbn=1-904381-05-7}}
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite web|url=http://rnsubs.co.uk/dits-bits/br-3043.html|title=The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)|last=Harrison|first=A. N.|date=January 1979|publisher=RN Subs|access-date=27 September 2022}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130714021235/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=7 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum]

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