HMS C37

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Career (UK)
C37 in Valletta Harbour, Malta, circa. 1916
Name:	HMS C37
Builder:	Vickers, Barrow
Laid down:	7 April 1909
Launched:	1 January 1910
Commissioned:	31 March 1910
Fate:	Sold, 25 June 1919
General characteristics
Class & 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-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)

HMS C37 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 7 April 1909 and was commissioned on 31 March 1910.

Service history

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

HMS C37 was sold on 25 June 1919 in Hong Kong.

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

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.