| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | H21 |
| Fate: | Sold to the breakers August 1935 |
| 1929: | Lieutenant Commander | David Edward Gillespie Wemyss | |
| 1933: | Lieutenant | William Kenneth Ramsden Cross |
| Length overall | 171 ft 9 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Displacement | 438 tons (surface) |
| 504 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 13 knots (design) |
| Surface 11.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes (6 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 2000 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 1100 miles at full power or 1600 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 70 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 9 miles at 8 knots or 34 miles at 3.5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 22 |
C 13 (I 43) |
|
| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
|
Fate: Scrapped 2nd February 1920. |
|
After six years in the Royal Navy, Joel Blamey was conscripted into Britain's submarine service in 1926, aged 22. He went on to serve an unprecedented 28 years as a submariner, surviving peacetime accidents and World War II. At the age of 50, Joe returned to general service.
He served on several submarines and survived several accidents, such as hitting an underwater pinnacle in Sidon and a collision in Seahorse, from which he was transferred before it was lost to enemy action.
While Joel served in Porpoise, it supplied Malta with fuel and ammunition and sank several supply ships. The captured U570 came under his jurisdiction.
Later, he survived almost certain destruction in Strongbow. In all Joel survived more than two hundred depth charges.
These are but a few of the tales related in this book, told in Joel's matter-of-fact engineer's way.
20 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.
| Length overall | 171 ft 9 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Displacement | 438 tons (surface) |
| 504 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 13 knots (design) |
| Surface 11.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes (6 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 2000 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 1100 miles at full power or 1600 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 70 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 9 miles at 8 knots or 34 miles at 3.5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 22 |
C 13 (I 43) |
|
| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
|
Fate: Scrapped 2nd February 1920. |
|
After six years in the Royal Navy, Joel Blamey was conscripted into Britain's submarine service in 1926, aged 22. He went on to serve an unprecedented 28 years as a submariner, surviving peacetime accidents and World War II. At the age of 50, Joe returned to general service.
He served on several submarines and survived several accidents, such as hitting an underwater pinnacle in Sidon and a collision in Seahorse, from which he was transferred before it was lost to enemy action.
While Joel served in Porpoise, it supplied Malta with fuel and ammunition and sank several supply ships. The captured U570 came under his jurisdiction.
Later, he survived almost certain destruction in Strongbow. In all Joel survived more than two hundred depth charges.
These are but a few of the tales related in this book, told in Joel's matter-of-fact engineer's way.
20 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.

This form is for you to comment on, or add additional information to this page. Any questions will be deleted. If you wish to ask a question contact the Branch or the Webmaster using the Contact Us page or ask your question on our Facebook Page