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A Navy List shows Duff-Dunbar in command of this boat from 1 November, 1909, but this seems to contradict Service Records for both he and Harbottle.{{NLApr11|p. 344}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:38, 4 October 2021

H.M.S. C 31 (1909)
Pendant Number: I.61 (1914)
C.31 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 2 Sep, 1909[3]
Lost: 4 Jan, 1915[4]

H.M.S. C 31 was one of thirty-eight "C" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In February, 1910 Lt. Thomas C. B. Harbottle was admonished to be more careful after C 31 collided with the ketch The Brothers.[5]

In the Test Mobilization, she was one of seven "C" class boats comprising the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 83.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 344.
  7. Duff-Dunbar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/190. f. 269.
  8. Duff-Dunbar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/190. f. 269.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  10. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 31.

Bibliography


"C" Class Submarine
Vickers Boats
C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5
C 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 C 10
C 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 C 15
C 16 C 21 C 22 C 23 C 24
C 25 C 26 C 27 C 28 C 29
C 30 C 31 C 32 C 35 C 36
  C 37 C 38  
Chatham Boats
  C 17 C 18 C 19  
  C 20 C 33 C 34  
<– "B" Class Submarines (UK) "D" Class –>