H.M.S. C 13 (1907)

H.M.S. C 13 (1907)
Pendant Number:	I.43 (1914) C.13 (mid 1915)
Builder:	Vickers
Launched:	9 Nov, 1907
Sold:	Feb, 1920

H.M.S. C 13 was one of thirty-eight "C" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

The torpedo gunboat Hazard left Portsmouth under the command of Lt. Algernon Henry Chester Candy on 6 February 1908 for Barrow, where she was to find C 13 in order to convoy her back to Portsmouth, calling at Plymouth en route. I can find no clear record of her first commander owing to the spotty recording of such seemingly casual assignments.

C 13 left Sheerness on 25 April, 1914 to make her way to Harwich to resume her duties with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.

She stayed with the formation when it was re-designated the Second Submarine Flotilla in December, 1916.

In September or October 1918, she joined the Third Submarine Flotilla on the East Coast of England.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant Hubert Vaughan-Jones, 15 February, 1909 – 14 November, 1912
• Lieutenant William J. Foster, 14 November, 1912 – 2 September, 1914
• Lieutenant-Commander Hubert Vaughan-Jones, 2 September, 1914 – 24 November, 1914
• Lieutenant in Command George S. Walsh, 24 November, 1914 – 10 August, 1916
• Lieutenant in Command Martin H. Collier, 20 August, 1916 – 4 March, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Henry N. Lake, 5 January, 1918 – 20 July, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command William Ibbett, 20 July, 1918 – 19 August, 1918

See Also

• Wikipedia