HMS C26
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS C26 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 14 February 1908 |
| Launched: | 20 March 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 28 May 1909 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 4 April 1918, raised and scrapped August 1953 |
| 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 C26 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 14 February 1908 and was commissioned on 28 May 1909.
Service history
HMS C26 was part of the Baltic operations from 1915 to 1918.
HMS C26 was scuttled at Helsinki 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off Grohara Light on 4 April 1918. She was scuttled to avoid seizure by advancing German forces.
HMS C26 was salvaged in August 1953 for breaking up in Finland.
External links
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.