HMS ''C38'' was one of 38
C-class submarines built for the United Kingdom
Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The boat survived the First World War and was sold for
scrap
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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
overall, a
beam
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of and a mean
draft of . They
displaced on the surface and 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-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 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 ''C38'' was built by Vickers, Barrow
Barrow may refer to:
Places
England
* Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area
** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)
* Barrow, Cheshire
* Barrow, Gloucestershire
* Barro ...
. She was laid down on 5 April 1909 and was commissioned on 31 March 1910. Along with her sisters and , ''C38'' was transferred to Hong Kong in February 1911 to operate with the Royal Navy's China Squadron. HMS ''C38'' was sold on 25 June 1919 in Hong Kong.
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External links
MaritimeQuest HMS ''C38'' pages
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Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
British C-class submarines
Royal Navy ship names
1910 ships