C29
Type:
'C' Class
Group Two
Pennant No.:
I.59
Laid Down:
4th June 1908.
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.
Commissioned:
17th September 1909.
Not known at present.
Commander:
1910
Lt. E.C. Boyle.
Nov. 1911
Lt. D.I. McGillewie.
Mar. 1913
Lt. W. R. Schofield.
Complement:
16
2 Officers, 14 Ratings
Service Career:
1913
7th Flotilla, HMS Vulcan, Dundee.
1914
7th Flotilla, HMS Vulcan, Leith.
1915
10th Flotilla, HMS Forth, Firth of Forth.
Fate:
Another one of the 'C's involved in trawler/submarine operations.
She was lost when her towing trawler (Ariadne) inadvertently strayed into a minefield.
The loss of C.29 brought to an end Trawler/Submarine operations.
Sunk by mine in the North Sea on 29th August 1915.
No survivors.
She was lost when her towing trawler (Ariadne) inadvertently strayed into a minefield.
The loss of C.29 brought to an end Trawler/Submarine operations.
Sunk by mine in the North Sea on 29th August 1915.
No survivors.