HMS C4
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HMS C4 was one of 38 C-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The boat survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1922.
Design and description
The C class was essentially a repeat of the preceding B class, albeit with better performance underwater. The submarine had a length of Script error: No such module "convert". overall, a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a mean draft of Script error: No such module "convert".. They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". on the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen ratings.[1]
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The boats were armed with two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes 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.[3]
Construction and career
C4 was built by Vickers at their Barrow-in-Furness shipyard, laid down on 13 November 1905 and was commissioned on 13 March 1907. In 1917 C4 was converted by the secret D.C.B. Section of the Royal Navy's Signals School, Portsmouth into an unmanned remotely operated D.C.B. controlled by an operator in a ‘mother’ aircraft. The boat was the only C class submarine not to be scrapped at the end of World War I, instead she was used for trials and sold on 28 February 1922.
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