HMS C17
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:HMSM C17.jpg |Ship caption=HMS C17 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=HMS C17 |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Chatham Dockyard |Ship laid down=11 March 1907 |Ship launched=13 August 1908 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=13 May 1909 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship fate=Sold for scrap, 20 November 1919 |Ship homeport= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=C-class submarine |Ship displacement=*{{convert|287|LT|t|abbr=on}} surfaced
|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
|Ship propulsion=*1 × 16-cylinder Vickers petrol engine
|Ship speed=*{{convert|12|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced
|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 × 18 in (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes |Ship notes= }} |
HMS C17 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 1919.
Design and description
The C class was essentially a repeat of the preceding B class, albeit with better performance underwater. The submarine had a length of {{convert|142|ft|3|in|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|13|ft|7|in|m|1}} and a mean draft of {{convert|11|ft|6|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|287|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|316|LT|t}} submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 87
For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder {{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. They could reach {{convert|12|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|7|kn}} underwater. On the surface, the C class had a range of {{convert|910|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}.Harrison, Chapter 3
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.Harrison, Chapter 27
Construction and career
C17 was built by Chatham Dockyard, laid down on 11 March 1907 and was commissioned on 13 May 1909. The boat collided with {{HMS|C16||2}} in the North Sea, east of Cromer, Norfolk on 14 July 1909, and in May 1917 she collided with the destroyer {{HMS|Lurcher|1912|2}} and sank. She was repaired, but was sold for scrap on 20 November 1919.{{cite web |title=C17 |url=http://rnsubs.co.uk/boats/subs/c-class/c17.html |website=rnsubs.co.uk |access-date=27 September 2022}}
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}}
{{British C class submarine}}
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Category:British C-class submarines
Category:Royal Navy ship names
Category:Maritime incidents in 1909
Category:British submarine accidents
Category:Submarines sunk in collisions