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C 17 (I 47)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: C1
Fate: Sunk in collision with HMS Lurcher in May 1917.

Repaired but scrapped 20th November 1919.

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C 17 (I 47)
C 17 (I 47)
Commanders

HMS Bonaventure, Grimsby.

This submarine was the first submarine built for the navy by the Royal Dockyard at Chatham. She had a larger bridge than the earlier boats of the class, apparently this was not too effective in keeping out the elements.

She was the first submarine to carry out a beach reconnaissance in 1917 at Middlekerke, Belgium. Whilst carrying out this reconnaissance she was dived for a period of 36 hours, many of the skeleton crew were suffering badly from the effects of carbon dioxide poisoning on surfacing.

Events

11-03-1907 Laid Down
13-08-1908 Launched
13-05-1909 Completed
14-07-1909 She was involved in a collision with C16 on the night of the sinking of C11 of the coast of Norfolk, near Cromer.
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