C 25 (I 55)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | C2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in December 1921 |
C25 being bombed from the air when she suffered severe loss of life and was nearly lost with all hands
Commanders
| 1909: | Lieutenant | Bell |
1914: 7th Flotilla Chatham, HMS Vulcan and Alecto
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On 6 July 1918, a squadron of German seaplanes returning from a daylight raid on Lowestoft and Walmer, caught a Harwich-based British C-class submarine napping on the surface. When the boat was eventually towed into port she was literally a bloody shambles, her captain and nearly half her crew were dead and several others wounded. Yet, even this tragic event had its share of heroism
Roll of Honour |
6
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| Barge, William J 124 | |||
| Died: 6th Jul, 1918. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 26 | ||
| Borrow, William George 237304 | |||
| Died: 6th Jul, 1918. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 27 | ||
| & Coxswain | |||
| Buttle, Charles Arthur J 9244 | |||
| Died: 6th Jul, 1918. | |||
| Signalman | Aged: 3 | ||
| Courtenay Bell, David | |||
| Died: 6th Jul, 1918. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 23 | ||
| Hamilton, George Sidney J 26612 | |||
| Died: 6th Jul, 1918. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 20 | ||
| Walsh, John Marcian J 10812 | |||
| Died: 6th Jul, 1918. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
Events
| 27-02-1908 | Laid Down |
| 10-03-1909 | Launched |
| 28-05-1909 | Completed |
| 06-07-1918 | A squadron of German seaplanes returning from a daylight raid on Lowestoft and Walmer, caught a Harwich-based British C-class submarine napping on the surface. When the boat was eventually towed into port she was literally a bloody shambles The Commanding Officer and 5 crew members were killed. Another submarine came to their assistance, both boats were eventually saved by HMS Lurcher. |
Comments
Comment by: barrie Downer on April 4th, 2016
Paul
One Able Seaman (who was the Lewis Gunner) was killed on the Bridge and an Able Seaman was killed in the Conning Tower. I don't know which one was which but your GGF may well have been on the Bridge. The others killed were the Commanding Officer, the Coxswain, a Leading Seaman and the Signalman
Comment by: Paul campling on March 28th, 2016
Able seaman George Sidney Hamilton was my Great Grandfather, I was left his medals and other pictures and things by my late Grandfather. I believe he may have been one of those who were initially on the conning tower of the vessel whenot it came under attack.
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