| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | C2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in December 1921 |
1914: 7th Flotilla Chatham, HMS Vulcan and Alecto
On 6 July 1918, a squadron of German seaplanes returning from a daylight raid on Lowestoft and Walmer, caught a Harwich-based British C-class submarine napping on the surface. When the boat was eventually towed into port she was literally a bloody shambles, her captain and nearly half her crew were dead and several others wounded. Yet, even this tragic event had its share of heroism
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| Barge, William |
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| Borrow, William George |
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| Buttle, Charles Arthur |
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| Courtenay Bell, David |
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| Hamilton, George Sidney |
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| Walsh, John Marcian |
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| 27-02-1908 | Laid Down |
| 10-03-1909 | Launched |
| 28-05-1909 | Completed |
| 06-07-1918 | A squadron of German seaplanes returning from a daylight raid on Lowestoft and Walmer, caught a Harwich-based British C-class submarine napping on the surface. When the boat was eventually towed into port she was literally a bloody shambles The Commanding Officer and 5 crew members were killed. Another submarine came to their assistance, both boats were eventually saved by HMS Lurcher. |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
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| She was lost during her first patrol off Tripoli, being the second U class boat to be lost. Possibly sunk off Zuara, Libya by Italian TB Pegaso on 12th May 1941. | |
Fort Blockhouse, originally established in 1495, was updated and became the home of the Royal Engineers' Submarine Mining School in 1873. This book looks at the history of this submarine base at Gosport.
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | |
| She was lost during her first patrol off Tripoli, being the second U class boat to be lost. Possibly sunk off Zuara, Libya by Italian TB Pegaso on 12th May 1941. | |
Fort Blockhouse, originally established in 1495, was updated and became the home of the Royal Engineers' Submarine Mining School in 1873. This book looks at the history of this submarine base at Gosport.
12 pages added or updated in the last Array month
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Comments
Comment by: barrie Downer on April 4th, 2016
Paul
One Able Seaman (who was the Lewis Gunner) was killed on the Bridge and an Able Seaman was killed in the Conning Tower. I don't know which one was which but your GGF may well have been on the Bridge. The others killed were the Commanding Officer, the Coxswain, a Leading Seaman and the Signalman
Comment by: Paul campling on March 28th, 2016
Able seaman George Sidney Hamilton was my Great Grandfather, I was left his medals and other pictures and things by my late Grandfather. I believe he may have been one of those who were initially on the conning tower of the vessel whenot it came under attack.
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