HMS C32
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS C32 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1909 |
| Launched: | 29 September 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 19 November 1909 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 22 October 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | C-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 290 long tons (290 t) (surfaced) 320 long tons (330 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 143 ft 2 in (43.64 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: | 600 hp (450 kW) (petrol engine) 200 hp (150 kW) (electric motor) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × Vickers petrol engine 1 × electric motor 1 × screw |
| Speed: | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) (surfaced) 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 55 nmi (63 mi; 102 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged) |
| Complement: | 16 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes) |
HMS C32 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 12 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909.
Service history
C32 was involved in the North Sea operations from 1914-1916.
C32 was also involved in the Baltic operations in 1916-1917. During her patrol in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic, she sank a merchant ship.
C32 ran ashore and was blown up in the Gulf of Riga on 22 October 1917.
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.