H.M.S. C 3 (1906)

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H.M.S. C 3 (1906)
Pendant Number: I.33 (1914)
C.3 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 3 Oct, 1906[3]
Expended: 23 Apr, 1918[4]
Fate: as demolition bomb
H.M.S. C 3 was one of thirty-eight "C" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

On 8 April, 1914, C 3 left Sheerness for Harwich to join the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[5]

She was destroyed when she was used as a demolition bomb in the Zeebrugge Raid, successfully destroying a viaduct to isolate the Mole during the attack.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 83.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. "Movements in Home Waters." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 09, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40493.
  6. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 385.
  7. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 382.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 385.
  9. Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
  10. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 128, 129.

Bibliography


"C" Class Submarine
Vickers Boats
C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5
C 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 C 10
C 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 C 15
C 16 C 21 C 22 C 23 C 24
C 25 C 26 C 27 C 28 C 29
C 30 C 31 C 32 C 35 C 36
  C 37 C 38  
Chatham Boats
  C 17 C 18 C 19  
  C 20 C 33 C 34  
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