HMS C8

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Career (UK)

Name:	HMS C8
Builder:	Vickers, Barrow
Laid down:	9 December 1905
Launched:	15 February 1907
Commissioned:	23 May 1907
Fate:	Sold, 22 October 1920
General characteristics
Class & 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)
Propulsion:	600 hp (450 kW) Vickers petrol engine, 200 hp (150 kW) electric motor, 1 screw
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range:	1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km) at 4.5 kn (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged
Complement:	16
Armament:	2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)

HMS C8 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.

C8 was sold on 22 October 1920.

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.

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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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