HMS C38 - a typical C-class submarine |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS C7 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1905 |
| Launched: | 15 February 1907 |
| Commissioned: | 23 May 1907 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 20 December 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | C-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 287 long tons (292 t) (surfaced) 316 long tons (321 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: | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) (surfaced) 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: | 1,500 nmi (1,700 mi; 2,800 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 50 nmi (58 mi; 93 km) at 4.5 kn (5.2 mph; 8.3 km/h) (submerged) |
| Complement: | 16 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes) |
HMS C7 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 9 December 1905 and was commissioned on 23 May 1907.
C7 sunk UC-68 off the Schouwen Bank in the North Sea on 5 April 1917. (She is often mistakenly credited with sinking UC-68 on 5 April 1917 in the North Sea near Schowen, The Netherlands. However, this attack was made against UB-10, which survived.)
UC-68 departed on 10 March 1917 from Flanders for a 10-day patrol, but the boat never returned. UC-68 was most likely destroyed by her own mines on or about 13 March 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.
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