HMS C37
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= File:HMS C37 Valetta 1916 AWM P01579.005.jpeg |Ship caption=C37 in Valletta Harbour, Malta, circa. 1916 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=HMS C37 |Ship ordered= |Ship laid down=7 April 1909 |Ship launched=1 January 1910 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=31 March 1910 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship renamed= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sold, 25 June 1919 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=C-class submarine |Ship displacement=*{{convert|290|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|13|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 C37 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 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}} 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|290|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|320|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 12-cylinderHarrison, Chapter 25 {{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|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}}.Harrison, Chapters 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
HMS C37 was built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 7 April 1909 and was commissioned on 31 March 1910. Along with her sisters {{HMS|C36||2}} and {{HMS|C38||2}}, C37 was transferred to Hong Kong in February 1911 to operate with the Royal Navy's China Squadron. HMS C37 was sold on 25 June 1919 in Hong Kong.
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:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
Category:British C-class submarines