| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | C2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in China 25th June 1919 |
| 1911: | Lieutenant | Athelstan Fenner |
1914: Attached to China Squadron
One of the three C class which steamed to Hong Kong in 1911 to join the China Squadron escorted by HMS Rosario.
| 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 |
E 55 |
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| Class: | 1911 - 1924: E Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | E3 |
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Fate: Sold 6th September 1922 |
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A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
An understated but absorbing journal from a veteran of 11 underseas missions in the close quarters of a fleet submarine against Japanese shipping during WW II's Pacific campaigns.
A 1939 graduate of the US Naval Academy.
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| 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 |
E 55 |
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| Class: | 1911 - 1924: E Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | E3 |
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Fate: Sold 6th September 1922 |
|
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
An understated but absorbing journal from a veteran of 11 underseas missions in the close quarters of a fleet submarine against Japanese shipping during WW II's Pacific campaigns.
A 1939 graduate of the US Naval Academy.
13 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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