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C 11 (I 41)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: C1
Fate: Lost after a collision the night of 14th July 1909 with the 3850 ton steamer Eddystone of Farrar, Groves and Co. off Happisburgh, twelve miles South of Cromer, Norfolk.

There were only three survivors, these being the CO, the first Lieutenant (Lt. G. Watkins) and one able seaman.

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Commanders
1906: Lieutenant   Charles Gordon Brodie

Based on HMS Bonaventure at Grimsby.

Roll of Honour
13
Charge, William Henry
203788
Born: 7th Sep, 1881.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 27
Able Seaman
RN DoB 07/09/1883
Coles, Harry
219513
Born: 17th Jan, 1886.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Goodall, Edward John
302141
Born: 6th Feb, 1878.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 31
Stoker
Kissick, Thomas
282423
Born: 22nd Sep, 1876.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 32
Stoker Petty Officer
RN DoB 22/08/1876. Actual 22/09/1877
McGouran, James
289385
Born: 30th Jun, 1880.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 29
Stoker
Name on many sites McGowran
Potter, Henry Albert
200810
Born: 15th Jun, 1883.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman
RN DoB 15/06/1882
Pym, Harold Richard
269938
Born: 29th May, 1876.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 33
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Reaney, Fred
208769
Born: 7th May, 1884.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Robertson, George
223206
Born: 23rd Nov, 1885.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Robertson, George Thomas William joined RN as George Robertson.
Smith, Henry Worth
224636
Born: 14th Mar, 1886.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Stainer, Richard William George
307191
Born: 1st Sep, 1884.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 24
Stoker
Taylor, Ernest
271211
Born: 19th Nov, 1881.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 27
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Winstanley, Albert John
203635
Born: 15th Oct, 1881.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 27
Petty Officer Coxswain

Events

 06-04-1906   Laid Down
 27-05-1907   Launched
 03-09-1907   Completed
 14-07-1909   Sank in English Channel after collision with SS Eddystone
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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