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C 22 (I 52)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: C2
Fate: Scrapped in February 1920.
C 22 (I 52)
C 22 (I 52)

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Commanders
1912:    Henry Phillips Hughes

1914: 7th Flotilla Chatham, HMS Vulcan and Alecto

Events

 04-02-1908   Laid Down
 10-10-1908   Launched
 05-05-1909   Completed
C2 Specification
Length overall  143 ft
Beam  13 ft
Draught  11.5 ft
Displacement  Surface 290 tons
  Submerged 321 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
Fuel  15.5 tons (Petrol)
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)
  Surface: 910 miles at full power (service)
  Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots
Complement  2 x officers, 14 x ratings
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