HMS C31

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Career (UK)

Name:	HMS C31
Builder:	Vickers, Barrow
Laid down:	7 January 1909
Launched:	2 September 1909
Commissioned:	19 November 1909
Fate:	Sunk by mine, 4 January 1915
General characteristics
Class & type:	C-class submarine
Displacement:	290 long tons (290 t) (surfaced) 320 long tons (330 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:	13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) surfaced) 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (submerged)
Range:	2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 55 nmi (63 mi; 102 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Complement:	16
Armament:	2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)

HMS C31 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 7 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909.

C31 was sunk by mines off the Belgian coast on 4 January 1915 whilst patrolling off Zeebrugge. There were no survivors.

External links

HMS C31 Roll of Honour

References

Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.

v t e British C-class submarine

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Preceded by: B-class Followed by: D-class List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

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