| HMS C12 | |
|---|---|
 HMS C38 - a typical C class submarine | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS C12 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 27 November 1906 |
| Launched: | 9 September 1907 |
| Commissioned: | 19 January 1908 |
| Fate: | Sunk in a collision, 6 October 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C class submarine |
| Displacement: |
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) |
| Propulsion: | 600 hp (450 kW) Vickers petrol engine, 200 hp (150 kW) electric motor, 1 screw |
| Speed: |
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km) at 4.5 kn (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 16 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes) |
HMS C12 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 27 November 1906 and was commissioned on 19 January 1908.
C12 was sunk in a collision with a destroyer in the Humber Estuary on 6 October 1918. She was salvaged and recommissioned.
She was sold on 2 February 1920.
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References[]
- 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.
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