HMS C38

Career (UK)
Name: HMS C38
Builder: Vickers, Barrow
Laid down: 5 April 1909
Launched: 10 February 1910
Commissioned: 31 March 1910
Fate: Sold, 25 June 1919
General characteristics
Class and 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 C38 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 5 April 1909 and was commissioned on 31 March 1910.

Service history

HMS C38 along with C36 and C37 were transferred in February 1911 to Hong Kong to operate with the Royal Navy's China Squadron.

HMS C38 was sold on 25 June 1919 in Hong Kong.

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