HMS C9

HMS C38 - a typical C class submarine
Career (UK)
Name: HMS C9
Builder: Vickers, Barrow
Laid down: 20 January 1906
Launched: 3 April 1907
Commissioned: 18 June 1907
Fate: Sold, July 1922
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 C9 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 20 January 1906 and was commissioned on 18 June 1907.

C9 was sold in July 1922.

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