| HMS C32 | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS C32 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1909 |
| Launched: | 29 September 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 19 November 1909 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 22 October 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
290 long tons (290 t) (surfaced) 320 long tons (330 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 143 ft 2 in (43.64 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: |
600 hp (450 kW) (petrol engine) 200 hp (150 kW) (electric motor) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × Vickers petrol engine 1 × electric motor 1 × screw |
| Speed: |
13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) (surfaced) 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: |
2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 55 nmi (63 mi; 102 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged) |
| Complement: | 16 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes) |
HMS C32 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 12 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909.
Service history[]
C32 was involved in the North Sea operations from 1914-1916.
C32 was also involved in the Baltic operations in 1916-1917. During her patrol in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic, she sank a merchant ship.
C32 ran ashore and was blown up in the Gulf of Riga on 22 October 1917.
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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