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HMS C23
Career (UK)
Name: HMS C23
Builder: Vickers, Barrow
Laid down: 7 February 1908
Launched: 26 November 1908
Commissioned: 5 May 1909
Fate: Sold, 5 December 1920
General characteristics
Class & type: C class submarine
Displacement: 290 long tons (295 t) surfaced
320 long tons (325 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: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced
55 nmi (102 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Complement: 16
Armament: 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)

HMS C23 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 7 February 1908 and was commissioned on 5 May 1909.

HMS C23 was sold on 5 December 1920.

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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