HMS C16

HMS C16
History
Name	HMS C16
Builder	Vickers, Barrow
Laid down	14 December 1906
Launched	19 March 1908
Commissioned	5 June 1908
Fate	Sold, 12 August 1922
General characteristics
Class and 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)
Installed power	600 hp (450 kW) (petrol engine) 200 hp (150 kW) (electric motor)
Propulsion	1 × Vickers petrol engine 1 × electric motor 1 × screw
Speed	12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) (surfaced) 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (submerged)
Range	1,500 nmi (1,700 mi; 2,800 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 50 nmi (58 mi; 93 km) at 4.5 kn (5.2 mph; 8.3 km/h) (submerged)
Complement	16
Armament	2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)

HMS C16 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 14 December 1906 and was commissioned on 5 June 1908.

Service history

First sinking

C16 was sunk in a collision with C17 south of Cromer, Norfolk on 14 July 1909. There was only one survivor. She was salvaged and recommissioned.

Second sinking

C16 was again sunk after being rammed at periscope depth by destroyer Melampus off Harwich on 16 April 1917. The boat bottomed out at 60 ft (18 m). A Mate – Samuel Anderson – was fired through a torpedo tube to try to escape, but unfortunately drowned. The captain – Lt. Harold Boase – tried to flood the boat in an effort to escape through the fore hatch, but the fender jammed the hatch, so the crew was trapped. The escape attempts were recorded by the commanding officer, and were found corked in a bottle found lying near him when the hull was salvaged. All the crew of C16 died. C16 was salvaged and recommissioned. C16 was finally sold on 12 August 1922.

References

• Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Harrison, A. N. (January 1979). "The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)". Submariners Association: Barrow in Furness Branch. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

External links

• HMS C16 pages at MaritimeQuest
• HMS C16 Roll of Honour

References

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