HMS C7

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HMS C7 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 9 December 1905 and was commissioned on 23 May 1907.

C7 sunk Unterseeboot C-68 off the Schouwen Bank in the North Sea on 5 April 1917. (She is often mistakenly credited with sinking UC-68 on April 5, 1917 in the North Sea near Schowen, The Netherlands. However this attack was made against UB-10 which survived the attack.)

UC-68 departed March 10, 1917 from Flanders for a ten day patrol but the boat never returned. UC-68 was most likely destroyed by her own mines on or about March 13, 1917 off Start Point in the English Channel. A wreck located at position 50.19.09N - 03.30.00W is thought to be that of UC-68 but could be that of UC-49.^[1]

C7 was sold on 20 December 1919

[edit] References

1. ^ MaritimeQuest

• Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson

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