HMS C-16

Type:
Submarine
Class:
C Group 1 (Class Overview)
Builder:
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
I-46
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
June 5, 1908
Keel Laid:
December 14, 1906
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
March 19, 1908
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold Aug. 12, 1922 and scrapped.




History:
Oct. 4, 1912:
Rescued Lt. R. Pulleyne after the HMS B-2 sank, he was the only survivor.
July 14, 1909:
Collided with HMS C-17 near Cromer, England.
April 16, 1917:
Sunk, rammed by HMS Melampus while conducting a mock torpedo attack off Harwich.
The entire crew survived the sinking due to quick action by the C.O. Lt. Harold Boase and
the crew but, they could not escape from the boat and subsequently there were no survivors.

1st. Lt. Samuel Anderson attempted to escape through a torpedo tube but drowned.
When his body was removed from the tube a note from the captain was found in a waterproof
bag attached to his wrist which said;

"We are in 16 feet of water. The way to get us out is to lift the bows by the spectacle
and haul us out of the boat through the torpedo tubes.
H. Boase"

Lt. Boase attempted to get his crew out of the boat via the forward hatch. He flooded the
boat hoping to use the pressure to open the hatch but damage from the collision would
allow the hatch to open only 10". The hatch became jammed and would not close drowning
the entire crew.

We know this because when the C-16 was raised Lt. Boase had written a report which was
found in a bottle next to his body.
(Roll of Honour)


Builder's Data
Page published June 11, 2007