HMS C29

HMS C29

HMS "C29" was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 4 June 1908 and was commissioned on 17 September 1909.

HMS "C29" sank a merchant ship while patrolling the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic.

HMS "C29" was involved in the U-boat trap tactic. 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 tactic was partly successful but it was abandoned after the loss of 2 C class submarines. In both cases, all the crew were lost.

HMS "C29" was one of the two C class submarines sunk because of the tactic. She was mined when her trawler (Ariadne) strayed into a minefield in the Humber Estuary on 29 August 1915.

External links

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/c_class/c_29_roll_of_honour.htm HMS C29 Roll of Honour]

References

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


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