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C 9 (I 39)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: C1
Fate: Scrapped in July 1922.

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Commanders
1914: Lieutenant   C L Y Dering

1914: 6th Flotilla Chatham, HMS Bonaventure and Hebe

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
C1 Specification
Length overall  143 ft
Beam  13 ft
Displacement  Surface 290 tons
Draught  11.5 ft
  Submerged 320 tons
Diving Depth  100 ft
Speed  Surface 13 knots (design)
  Surface 13+ knots (service)
  Submerged 7.5+ knots (design)
  Submerged 8 knots (service)
Machinery  600 hp petrol engine
  200 hp electric motor
No. of shafts  1
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried)
Endurance  Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design)
Fuel  15.5 tons (Petrol)
  Surface: 910 miles at full power (service)
  Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots
Complement  2 x officers, 14 x ratings
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