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36: 1318: 1301: 1313: 1293: 399:. When a U-boat was sighted, the tow line and communication line was slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat. The tactic was partly successful, but was abandoned after the loss of two C class submarines. In both cases, all the crew were lost. 280:
The C-class boats of the 1907–08 and subsequent Naval Programmes were modified to improve their speed, both above and below the surface. The submarine had a length of 142 feet 3 inches (43.4 m)
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in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.
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290 long tons (290 t) on the surface and 320 long tons (330 t) submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen
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from 1915 to 1918. The boat was scuttled on 5 April 1918 outside Helsingfors (now
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For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 12-cylinder 600-
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trap tactic. The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a
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Scuttled, 5 April 1918, salvaged and scrapped August 1953
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of 13 feet 7 inches (4.1 m) and a mean
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(January 1979). 422:was salvaged for breaking up in 34: 465: 456: 447: 334:The boats were armed with two 1: 477: 7: 16:Submarine of the Royal Navy 10: 1394: 1363:Maritime incidents in 1918 1343:British C-class submarines 610:British C-class submarines 444:Gardiner & Gray, p. 87 391:on 20 July 1915 using the 1286: 1231: 966: 910: 890: 616: 237:2 officers and 14 ratings 103: 27: 23: 429: 247:18 in (450 mm) 506:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 484:Akermann, Paul (2002). 365:along with the trawler 345:Construction and career 104:General characteristics 323:. 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J. 496: 480: 475: 470: 466: 461: 457: 452: 448: 443: 436: 432: 367:Princess Louise 347: 317:propeller shaft 315:that drove one 278: 158:Installed power 40: 35: 33: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1391: 1381: 1380: 1375: 1370: 1365: 1360: 1355: 1350: 1345: 1326: 1325: 1287: 1284: 1283: 1281: 1280: 1270: 1252: 1235: 1233: 1229: 1228: 1226: 1225: 1215: 1205: 1195: 1163: 1147: 1137: 1127: 1117: 1107:Mary B. 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Index

Vickers
Barrow
C-class submarine
bhp
electric motor
kn
nmi
18 in (450 mm)
torpedo tubes
C-class submarines
Royal Navy
overall
beam
draft
displaced
ratings
brake-horsepower
Vickers
petrol engine
propeller shaft
electric motor
knots
nautical miles
18-inch (45 cm)
torpedo tubes
Vickers
Barrow
U-23
Fair Isle Channel
Orkney

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