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HMS C16, the Glossary

Index HMS C16

HMS C16 was one of 38 C-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Barrow-in-Furness, Beam (nautical), British 18-inch torpedo, British B-class submarine, British C-class submarine, Captain (naval), Commanding officer, Cromer, Destroyer, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), Drive shaft, Electric motor, Gasoline, HarperCollins, Harwich Dockyard, Keel laying, Length overall, Lieutenant (navy), Naval rating, Periscope, Petrol engine, Royal Navy, Ship breaking, Shipyard, Torpedo tube, Vickers, World War I.

  2. 1917 disasters in the United Kingdom
  3. British C-class submarines
  4. British submarine accidents
  5. Maritime incidents in 1909
  6. Submarines sunk in collisions

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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British 18-inch torpedo

There have been a number of 18-inch (45cm) torpedoes in service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.

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British B-class submarine

The B-class was a class of 11 submarines, built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy, and launched in 1904–06.

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British C-class submarine

The British C-class submarines were the last class of petrol engined submarines of the Royal Navy and marked the end of the development of the in the Royal Navy. HMS C16 and British C-class submarine are British C-class submarines.

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Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.

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Commanding officer

The commanding officer (CO) or commander, or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG) or general officer commanding (GOC), is the officer in command of a military unit.

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Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Displacement (ship)

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Drive shaft

A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power, torque, and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drivetrain that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.

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Electric motor

An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

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Gasoline

Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Harwich Dockyard

Harwich Dockyard (also known as The King's Yard, Harwich) was a Royal Navy Dockyard at Harwich in Essex, active in the 17th and early 18th century (after which it continued to operate under private ownership).

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Keel laying

Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.

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Length overall

Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.

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Lieutenant (navy)

LieutenantThe pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between,, generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and,, generally associated with the United States.

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In a military navy, a rate or rating, and sometimes known as a bluejacket in the United States, is a junior enlisted sailor who is below the military rank of warrant officer.

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Periscope

A periscope is an instrument for observation over, around or through an object, obstacle or condition that prevents direct line-of-sight observation from an observer's current position.

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Petrol engine

A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Ship breaking

Ship breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship scrapping, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships either as a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap.

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Shipyard

A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.

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Vickers

Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

1917 disasters in the United Kingdom

British C-class submarines

British submarine accidents

Maritime incidents in 1909

Submarines sunk in collisions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_C16