HMS C34
HMS ''C34'' was one of 38 British C-class submarine, C-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The boat was sunk by a German U-boat in 1917. 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 length overall, overall, a beam (nautical), beam of and a mean draft (ship), draft of . They displacement (ship), displaced on the surface and submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen naval rating, ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 87 For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 12-cylinder Vickers petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, the C class had a range of at . The boats were armed with two British 18 inch torpedo, 18-inch (4 ...
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