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HMS C24 was built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 12 February 1908 and was commissioned on 5 May 1909. The boat was used in the first successful U-boat trap. The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. When a U-boat was sighted, the tow line and communication line was slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat.
C24 sank U-40 on 23 June 1915 in the first successful use of the Q ship trap tactic. C27 sank U-23 eight days later using the same trap tactic. Ten of the submarines were lost during the war, including C16 which was mistakenly rammed by HMS Melampus.
When submerged the propeller was driven by a 300-horsepower (224 kW) electric motor. [1] They could reach 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface and 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) underwater. On the surface, the C class had a range of 910 nautical miles (1,690 km; 1,050 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).
IEEE 200-1975 or "Standard Reference Designations for Electrical and Electronics Parts and Equipments" is a standard that was used to define referencing naming systems for collections of electronic equipment. IEEE 200 was ratified in 1975. The IEEE renewed the standard in the 1990s, but withdrew it from active support shortly thereafter.
The Sauber C14 was the Formula One car with which the Sauber team competed in the 1995 Formula One World Championship. The number 29 seat was initially taken by Austrian driver Karl Wendlinger , while the number 30 seat was taken by Germany's Heinz-Harald Frentzen .
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have released stunning official portraits shot by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz to mark a special occasion. In May, the couple celebrated 20 years of ...
A variety of different kinds of IEC 60320 plugs and sockets. IEC 60320 Appliance couplers for household and similar general purposes [1] is a set of standards from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) specifying non-locking connectors for connecting power supply cords to electrical appliances of voltage not exceeding 250 V (a.c.) and rated current not exceeding 16 A. [1 ...
This is a feature about the hormone therapy landscape in the UK, as told through our colleagues at Women's Health - UK.. Recently, the subject of using testosterone as another way of managing ...