HMS C5

HMS C5
HMS C38 - a typical C class submarine
Career (UK)
Class and type:	C class
Name:	HMS C5
Builder:	Vickers, Barrow
Laid down:	24 November 1905
Launched:	20 August 1906
Commissioned:	15 December 1906
Fate:	Sold at Malta, 31 October 1919, and scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type:	C class submarine
Displacement:	287 long tons (292 t) surfaced 316 long tons (321 t) submerged
Length:	143 ft 2 in (43.64 m)
Beam:	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion:	600 hp (450 kW) Vickers petrol engine, 200 hp (150 kW) electric motor, 1 screw
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range:	1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km) at 4.5 kn (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) submerged
Complement:	16
Armament:	2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)

HMS C5 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 24 November 1905 and was commissioned on the 15 December 1906.

C5 was sold on 31 October 1919 in Malta.

References

• Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Say. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.