HMS C24

HMS C24

HMS "C24" was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 12 February 1908 and was commissioned on 5 May 1909.

HMS "C24" was used in the first successful U Boat trap. She operated with the decoy trawler "Taranaki". They were able to sink "U-40" 50 miles off Girdle Ness in the North Sea on 23 June 1915.

The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. Then when a U-boat is sighted, the tow line and communication line is slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat. The tatic was partly successful. But it was abandoned after the loss of 2 C class submarines. In both cases, all the crew were lost.

HMS "C24" was sold on 29 May 1921 in Sunderland.

External links

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/c_class/c_24_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest HMS C-24 Pages]

References

* "Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To the Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson


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