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C Class (1920-1946)
(In English: n/a)

The three C Class submarines.
From left BELLONA (C2), then ROTA (C1) and FLORA.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarines

Class:

C Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

C1

ROTA

08/16/1918

09/07/1920

08/22/1946

C2

BELLONA

03/14/1919

07/25/1921

08/22/1946

C3

FLORA

04/23/1920

01/20/1922

08/22/1946

Comments to the Class

All three subs were designed to have 5 torpedo tubes. 3 fore, 1 aft and 1 moveable in the conning tower.

The design with a moveable torpedo tube in the conning tower was unsuccessful, therefore only the first sub, ROTA, was equipped with this torpedo tube. BELLONA was equipped with an extra radio room in stead, and FLORA was equipped to carry mines.

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

301 tons - surface
369 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

47.50 m

4.77 m

2.70 m

Complement:

17 men (Wartime crew: 24 men)

Propulsion:

2 stk. B & W Diesel Engines - 900 Hp
2 ea Titan Electro Engines - 640 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

4 ea 452 mm Torpedo tubes (3 fore and 1 aft) *
1 ea 57 mm Anti Aircraft Gun

* ROTA had an additional torpedo tube in the conning tower

Speed:

14.2 knots - surface
10.5 knots - submerged

Additional Notes

All three subs were shuttled in Copenhagen on August 29, 1943. Later salvaged, but not in service with the Germans.

Located at Holmen in May 1945, but further repair was abandoned. All three subs were sold for scrapping in 1952.

More Photos

The submarine FLORA, the last of the three subs of the
C Class.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Yet another picture of the submarine FLORA.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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Da Danmarks Flaade blev sænket, by F. H. Kjølsen, Commander s.g., H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1945

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Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984

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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932

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Vore Undervandsbåde gennem 50 år (1909-1959), by Commander s.g. R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskabs Skrift no. 5, forlaget Ejnar Munksgaard, 1960

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography