HMS C5
 HMS C38 - a typical C class submarine | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C class |
| Name: | HMS C5 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 24 November 1905 |
| Launched: | 20 August 1906 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1906 |
| Fate: | Sold at Malta, 31 October 1919, and 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 C5 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 24 November 1905 and was commissioned on the 15 December 1906.
C5 was sold on 31 October 1919 in Malta.
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.