| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | C1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in December 1919. |
1914: 6th Flotilla Chatham, HMS Bonaventure and Hebe
| 09-12-1905 | Laid Down |
| 15-02-1907 | Launched |
| 23-05-1907 | Completed |
| 05-04-1917 | C7 torpedoed and sank UC-68 off Schowen, Holland. |
| 05-04-1917 | Attacked with torpedo and sank a U-boat near the Zeebrugge channel, At the time of the attack C7 was on the surface but trimmed right down with only the top of her conning tower visible. |
Thames (N 71) |
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| Class: | 1929 - 1945: River Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | River 1 |
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Fate: HMS Thames was lost with all hands on 3rd August 1940. The Submarine was on its first patrol in the North Sea following a refit. The cause of the loss is not known but may have been the result of striking a mine. |
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It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
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Thames (N 71) |
|
| Class: | 1929 - 1945: River Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | River 1 |
|
Fate: HMS Thames was lost with all hands on 3rd August 1940. The Submarine was on its first patrol in the North Sea following a refit. The cause of the loss is not known but may have been the result of striking a mine. |
|
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
22 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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