Type:

C Class

Group One

Pennant No.:

I.47

Laid Down:

11th March 1907

H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.

Commissioned:

13th May 1909

Lt. Wardell-Yerburgh.

Commander:

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Lt. Wardell-Yerburgh.

Complement:

16

2 Officers, 14 Ratings.

Service Career:

HMS Bonaventure, Grimsby.

This submarine was the first submarine built for the navy by the Royal Dockyard at Chatham. She had a larger bridge than the earlier boats of the class, apparrently this was not too effective in keeping out the elements.

She was the first submarine to carry out a beach reconnaissance in 1917 at Middlekerke, Belgium. Whilst carrying out this reconnaissance she was dived for a period of thirtysix hours, many of the skeleton crew were suffering badly from the effects of carbon dioxide poisoning on surfacing.

She was also involved in a collision with C16 on the night of the sinking of C11 of the coast of Norfolk, near Cromer in 1909.

Fate:

Sold 20th November 1919.