HMS C3
 C3 at Southsea, UK, circa. 1917 | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS C3 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 13 November 1905 |
| Launched: | 3 October 1906 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 1906 |
| Fate: | Packed with explosives and rammed into the viaduct at Zeebrugge, Belgium, destroying the boat, 23 April 1918. Later scrapped. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 C3 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 25 November 1905 and was commissioned on 23 February 1906.
C3 was used packed full of explosives for destroying a viaduct connecting the mole to the shore during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918. Her Captain, Richard Douglas Sandford, received the Victoria Cross for the action.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Say. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.