HMS C17
 HMS C17
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| History | |
|---|---|
 UK | |
| Name | HMS C17 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 11 March 1907 |
| Launched | 13 August 1908 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1909 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | C-class submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 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) |
| Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 600 hp (450 kW) (petrol engine) 200 hp (150 kW) (electric motor) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × Vickers petrol engine 1 × electric motor 1 × screw |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) (surfaced) 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 1,500 nmi (1,700 mi; 2,800 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 50 nmi (58 mi; 93 km) at 4.5 kn (5.2 mph; 8.3 km/h) (submerged) |
| Complement | 16 |
| Armament | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes) |
HMS C17 was a C-class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Chatham for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 11 March 1907 and was commissioned on 13 May 1909.
C17 collided with C16 in the North Sea, south of Cromer, Norfolk on 14 July 1909, and with destroyer Lurcher in May 1917.[1][2]
C17 was sold on 20 November 1919.
External links
References
- ^ "Submariners Association (Barrow in Furness Branch) - Losses". Retrieved 2008-08-19. [dead link]
- ^ "C17 at battleships-cruisers.co.uk website". Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.