HMS C24
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS C24 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1908 |
| Launched: | 26 November 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 5 May 1909 |
| Fate: | Sold, 29 May 1921 |
| 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 C24 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 12 February 1908 and was commissioned on 5 May 1909.
Service history
HMS C24 was used in the first successful U-boat trap. She operated with the decoy trawler Taranaki. They were able to sink U-40 25 miles (40 km) off Eyemouth in the North Sea on 23 June 1915.
The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. When a U-boat was sighted, the tow line and communication line was slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat. The tactic was partly successful, but was abandoned after the loss of two C class submarines. In both cases, all the crew were lost.
HMS C24 was sold on 29 May 1921 in Sunderland.
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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.