HMS C3

Scuttled

Type	Submarine
War	First World War
Main guns	2 × 18 in (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes

Old submarine packed with explosives. Lieutenant Richard Sandford steered her into the viaduct joining the Zeebrugge mole to the shore and blew it up.

AWM caption : "Southsea, England. c. 1917. Port bow view of eight crew and officers of the submarine HMS C3 gathered around the conning tower of the submarine a short distance off the coast. The original print is autographed with the following names: W. Harner, W. G. Cleaver, H. C. Bendall, Allan G. Photo: Cribb, Stephen, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × 18 in (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes

Builder	Vickers, Barrow
Laid down	13 November 1905
Launched	3 October 1906
Commissioned	23 February 1906
Displacement	287 long tons (292 t) surfaced 316 long tons (321 t) submerged
Length	142 ft 3 in (43.4 m)
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Complement	2 officers and 14 ratings

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

3 October 1906

Zeebrugge Raid

Scuttled

23 April 1918

Blown up under the viaduct