H M Submarine C17

Description
Black and white photograph of H M Submarine C17 by Stephen Cribb of Southsea. C17 is shown on the surface viewed from the port bow.

C17 was one of 38 C-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first part of the 20th century.

She was built in Chatham Dockyard, laid down in 1907 and was commissioned in 1909.

She collided with C16 in the North Sea, south of Cromer, Norfolk on the 14th July 1909, and in May 1917 she then collided with the destroyer Lurcher and sank. She was eventually retrieved and repaired, but was sold for scrap on the 20th November 1919.
Keel laid - March 11th , 1907
Launched- Augiust 13th, 1908
Beam - 13 feet 7 inches (4.14 m)
Draught - 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m)
Length - 142 feet (43.36 m)
Builder - Chatham Dockyard
Class - British C-class submarine
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