C9 (I 39)
Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
Build Group: | C1 |
Fate: | Scrapped in July 1922. |
Commanders
- 1914: Lieutenant C L Y Dering
1914: Attached to the port of Hartlepool.
It is believed that due to C9's actions the bombardment of Hartlepool by the German battle-cruisers Seydlitz, Moltke and Blücher on 16th December 1914 was brought to an aburpt end when they thought that C9 was in a position to attack them having forced her way out of the port.
During this raid there were 86 people killed and 424 wounded.
Events
30-01-1906 | Laid Down |
03-04-1907 | Launched |
18-06-1907 | Completed |
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