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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''C 15''''' was one of 38 submarines of the [["C" Class Submarine (1906)|"C" class]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''C 15''''' was one of thirty-eight [["C" Class Submarine (1906)|"C" class coastal submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
While operating in the eastern English Channel with {{UK-SF|5}} (part of the [[Dover Patrol]]),{{SMNLNov17|p. 15}} C 15 sank the homeward-bound {{DE-UC65}} in a submerged attack on 3 November, 1917 at 50deg 28' N., 0deg 17' E..  The German commander had noted C 15's periscope a half-hour earlier, but failed to take evasive action, seemingly confident his speed would not permit a successful attack.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 5}}{{UKTH1|p. 7}}
While operating in the eastern English Channel with {{UK-SF|5}} (part of the [[Dover Patrol]]),{{SMNLNov17|p. 15}} ''C 15'' sank the homeward-bound {{DE-UC65}} in a submerged attack on 3 November, 1917 at 50° 28' N., 0° 17' E..  The German commander had noted ''C 15'''s periscope a half-hour earlier, but failed to take evasive action, seemingly confident his speed would not permit a successful attack.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 5}}{{UKTH1|p. 7}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Mervyn Bruce|nick=Kenneth M. Bruce|appt=1 March, 1908{{NLMar11|p. 286}}|end=22 February, 1911<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/105.|D7604009}} f. 503.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* Lieutenant & Commander [[Reginald T. Dimsdale]], 12 June, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 317.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Lester Kerr|nick=Charles L. Kerr|appt=22 February, 1911<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/265.|D7604677}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan12|p. 286}}|end=12 June, 1912<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/265.|D7604677}} f. ?.</ref>}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Robert R. Turner]], 26 February, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1914) p. 316.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Reginald Thomas Dimsdale|nick=Reginald T. Dimsdale|appt=12 June, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 317}}<ref>Dimsdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/209.|D7604621}} f. ?.</ref>|end=26 February, 1914<ref>Dimsdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/209.|D7604621}} f. ?.</ref>}}
* {{LieutRN}} [[Richard R. Lewes]], 19 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915) p. 277.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=26 February, 1914<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJun14|p. 316}}|end=19 October, 1914<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>}}
* {{LieutRN}} [[E. H. Dolphin]], in command on 3 November, 1917.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 5}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Edward Reginald Lewes|nick=Edward R. Lewes|appt=19 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 277}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edgar Hippisley Dolphin|nick=Edgar H. Dolphin|appt=9 October, 1916|end=26 May, 1918}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:33, 4 September 2018

H.M.S. C 15 (1908)
Pendant Number: I.45 (1914)
C.15 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 21 Jan, 1908[3]
Sold: Feb, 1922[4]

H.M.S. C 15 was one of thirty-eight "C" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

While operating in the eastern English Channel with Fifth Submarine Flotilla (part of the Dover Patrol),[5] C 15 sank the homeward-bound UC 65 in a submerged attack on 3 November, 1917 at 50° 28' N., 0° 17' E.. The German commander had noted C 15's periscope a half-hour earlier, but failed to take evasive action, seemingly confident his speed would not permit a successful attack.[6][7]

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. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 15.
  6. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 7.
  8. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 286.
  9. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/105. f. 503.
  10. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/265. f. ?.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 286.
  12. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/265. f. ?.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 317.
  14. ↑ Dimsdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/209. f. ?.
  15. ↑ Dimsdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/209. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 316.
  18. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.

Bibliography


"C" Class Submarine
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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  
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