HMCS CC-1

HMCS CC-1 was a CC class submarine used by the Royal Canadian Navy. The ship was launched in 1913 in Seattle, Washington as the Submarine "Iquique" for Chile. This deal fell through and the boat, along with HMCS CC-2, was purchased in 1914 by British Columbia's premier Sir Richard McBride for British Columbia. The Dominion Government of Canada ratified the sale and commissioned the submarine into service on August 6, 1914, for the RCN.

Royal Canadian Navy Service

The ship was assigned to the west coast in the home port of Esquimalt, British Columbia, and conducted training operations and patrols for three years. In 1917 the submarine was transferred to the east coast. The transfer to the east coast was for both submarines of this class, with their mother ship, the submarine tender warship|HMCS|Shearwater|K02. Its transit through the Panama Canal was the first time a Canadian Warship transitted the Panama Canal under the White Ensign. It arrived in Halifax for preparation to send the two CC class subs to the Mediterranean and Europe. Deemed unsafe for transatlantic crossing, the submarine was held in Halifax as a Training Assistance Boat. Her veteran crew were highly valued but were not able to conduct any other operations than training. Her continued use was too expensive, and her unseaworthiness resulted in her being Paid Off, and scrapped and sold off in 1920.

pecifications

* Displacement: 313 tonnes surfaced; 373 tons submerged
* Length: 144 feet
* Width: 15 feet
* Draught: 11 feet
* Top Speed: 13 knots surfaced; 10 submerged
* Crew: 2 Officers, 16 Other Ranks
* Weapons: 5 X 18 inch TT (Torpedo tubes)

References

* Macpherson, Keneth R. and Burgess, John. (1982)(Second Printing) The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981. Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216856-1

External links

* [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww1/cc/ CC Type]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnsubs/ Canada's Military submarines]