C 31 (I 61)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | C1 |
| Fate: | Submarine C31 was sent to the area off Zeebrugge in Belgium for a two-day patrol on the 4th January 1915 with orders to report at Harwich on the 7th. Nothing more was heard from C31 and on the 10th and 11th January two destroyers (Lurcher and Firedrake) attempted to find out what had happened but were thwarted by the stormy weather prevailing. It was thought that the submarine had been sunk by enemy patrol craft but it may well have been mined. The date of the loss of C31 is accepted as being Thursday 7th January 1915. |
HMS C31 and C32
Commanders
| 1909: | Lieutenant G Pilkington |
1914: 4th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Arrogant and Hazard
>Harwich and Dover
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 07-01-1915 | |||||
| Austin, Walter William 354839 | |||||
| Stoker Petty Officer | Born: 01-05-1880 | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 34 | ||
| RN DoB 01/05/1878 | |||||
| Borrowes, Walter | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 23 | |||
| Bourne, George Arthur 215194 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 23-03-1884 | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 30 | ||
| RN DoB 23/11/1884 | |||||
| Burns, Thomas 180216 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 24-12-1879 | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 35 | ||
| RN DoB 24/03/1879 | |||||
| Campbell, Keith Morehead Gunning | |||||
| Sub Lieutenant | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 22 | |||
| Clemmet, William 270877 | |||||
| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 33 | |||
| Cobb, Walter John 236978 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 11-08-1887 | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 27 | ||
| RN DoB 11/02/1889. Actual 11/08/1887 | |||||
| Dronfield, Charles 236805 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 24 | |||
| Fitzgerald, John Peter 222050 | |||||
| Leading Seaman | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 28 | |||
| Jordan, George Henry 230784 | |||||
| Leading Seaman | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 26 | |||
| Lynham, William George 272515 | |||||
| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 28 | |||
| Monk, William James K 2825 | |||||
| Stoker 1st Class | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 24 | |||
| Nash, Charles 295025 | |||||
| Leading Stoker | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 34 | |||
| Pilkington, George | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 29 | |||
| Commanding Officer | |||||
| Tregillis, William John 183433 | |||||
| Petty Officer | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 34 | |||
| Wearne, William James J 4019 | |||||
| Signalman | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 22 | |||
| At birth Wearn, William James Served as Wearne, William James. | |||||
| Williams, Frederick 309485 | |||||
| Stoker | Died: 07-01-1915 | Aged: 27 | |||
| At birth Williams, Charles Frederick Served as Williams Frederick. | |||||
Events
| 07-01-1909 | Laid Down |
| 02-09-1909 | Launched |
| 19-11-1909 | Completed |
| 04-01-1915 | C31 sailed from Dover to patrol off Zeebrugge. The submarine was due to arrive at Harwich on 7th January, which she failed to do. No further contact was made and a search conducted by the Destroyers Lercher and Firedrake and the Royal Navy Air Service failed to locate the submarine or any survivors. |
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