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HMS C26

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The C-class boats of the 1907–08 and subsequent Naval Programmes were modified to improve their speed, both above and below the surface. The submarine had a length of 142 feet 3 inches (43.4 m)
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in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.
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290 long tons (290 t) on the surface and 320 long tons (330 t) submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 12-cylinder 600-
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Scuttled, 4 April 1918, raised and scrapped August 1953
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of 13 feet 7 inches (4.1 m) and a mean
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The boat was 34: 334:The boats were armed with two 1: 376:1.5 miles (2.4 km) off 16:Submarine of the Royal Navy 1360: 1329:Maritime incidents in 1918 1309:British C-class submarines 576:British C-class submarines 410:Gardiner & Gray, p. 87 1252: 876: 856: 582: 237:2 officers and 14 ratings 103: 27: 23: 247:18 in (450 mm) 472:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 450:Akermann, Paul (2002). 382:advancing German forces 345:Construction and career 104:General characteristics 323:. They could reach 13 276:Design and description 229:100 feet (30.5 m) 1339:Shipwrecks of Finland 1314:Royal Navy ship names 366:the Baltic operations 1119:Prinz August Wilhelm 437:Harrison, Chapter 27 428:Harrison, Chapters 3 419:Harrison, Chapter 25 336:18-inch (45 cm) 167:(450 kW) petrol 536:MaritimeQuest HMS 266:C-class submarines 1294: 1293: 1056:Benedetto Cairoli 894: 893: 485:978-1-86176-281-8 256: 255: 113:C-class submarine 1351: 1286: 1281: 1269: 1261: 1245: 1235: 1217: 1190: 1180: 1170: 1160: 1128: 1112: 1102: 1092: 1082: 1065: 1049: 1038: 1028: 1010: 985: 949: 921: 914: 907: 898: 569: 562: 555: 546: 525: 523: 521: 508: 489: 465: 438: 435: 429: 426: 420: 417: 411: 408: 306:brake-horsepower 75:14 February 1908 42: 39: 38: 37: 21: 1359: 1358: 1354: 1353: 1352: 1350: 1349: 1348: 1299: 1298: 1295: 1290: 1273: 1248: 1238: 1220: 1214:Giacinto Carini 1204: 1198:Other incidents 1193: 1183: 1173: 1163: 1131: 1115: 1105: 1095: 1085: 1068: 1052: 1041: 1031: 1013: 988: 952: 941: 928: 925: 895: 890: 872: 852: 578: 573: 532: 519: 517: 511: 505: 492: 486: 470:Colledge, J. J. 468: 462: 449: 446: 441: 436: 432: 427: 423: 418: 414: 409: 402: 398: 347: 317:propeller shaft 315:that drove one 278: 158:Installed power 40: 35: 33: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1357: 1355: 1347: 1346: 1341: 1336: 1331: 1326: 1321: 1316: 1311: 1301: 1300: 1292: 1291: 1253: 1250: 1249: 1247: 1246: 1236: 1218: 1201: 1199: 1195: 1194: 1192: 1191: 1181: 1171: 1161: 1129: 1113: 1103: 1093: 1083: 1073:Mary B. 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Retrieved 494: 473: 451: 433: 424: 415: 385: 364:was part of 361: 349: 348: 333: 303: 279: 260: 258: 257: 119:Displacement 88:Commissioned 51: 18: 1225:King Alfred 91:28 May 1909 1334:1909 ships 1303:Categories 1275:March 1918 934:Shipwrecks 444:References 270:Royal Navy 234:Complement 226:Test depth 177:Propulsion 1232:Rheinland 1230:SMS  1223:HMS  1155:HMS  1148:HMS  1141:HMS  1136:Brilliant 1134:HMS  1071:USS  1044:HMS  1023:HMS  1016:HMS  1005:HMS  998:HMS  991:HMS  980:HMS  973:HMS  944:HMS  516:. 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HMS 358:Barrow 134:Length 66:Barrow 1187:UB-85 1167:U-104 1125:UB-55 1109:UB-71 1099:UB-78 1089:UB-82 1079:UB-33 1062:Faulx 968:AG-16 962:AG-12 956:AG-11 540:pages 396:Notes 325:knots 291:draft 214:Range 195:Speed 1271:1919 1263:1918 1255:1917 522:2022 499:ISBN 480:ISBN 456:ISBN 287:beam 285:, a 259:HMS 249:bow 245:2 × 185:1 × 142:Beam 96:Fate 50:HMS 47:Name 1046:E19 1035:Rye 1025:C35 1018:C27 1000:C26 847:C38 840:C37 833:C36 826:C35 819:C34 812:C33 805:C32 798:C31 791:C30 784:C29 777:C28 770:C27 763:C26 756:C25 749:C24 742:C23 735:C22 728:C21 721:C20 714:C19 707:C18 700:C17 693:C16 686:C15 679:C14 672:C13 665:C12 658:C11 651:C10 538:C26 386:C26 372:at 362:C26 350:C26 261:C26 219:nmi 165:bhp 52:C26 1305:: 1228:, 1211:, 1153:, 1146:, 1143:C3 1139:, 1122:, 1076:, 1059:, 1021:, 1007:E8 1003:, 996:, 982:E9 978:, 975:E1 971:, 965:, 959:, 644:C9 637:C8 630:C7 623:C6 616:C5 609:C4 602:C3 595:C2 588:C1 403:^ 392:. 356:, 301:. 202:kn 64:, 920:e 913:t 906:v 568:e 561:t 554:v 524:. 507:. 488:. 464:.

Index

Vickers
Barrow
C-class submarine
bhp
electric motor
kn
nmi
18 in (450 mm)
torpedo tubes
C-class submarines
Royal Navy
overall
beam
draft
displaced
ratings
brake-horsepower
Vickers
petrol engine
propeller shaft
electric motor
knots
nautical miles
18-inch (45 cm)
torpedo tubes
Vickers
Barrow
the Baltic operations
scuttled
Helsinki

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