British Built I.J.N. Boats

JOHN HOLDORF (2612-1992) has this answer to the question if any Japanese Navy submarines were British built. He writes that Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness built 5 submarines C1/C2 type for the I.J.N. Here is what he sent to us.

#	Launched	Completed	Remarks
8	19 May 1098	26 Feb 1909	Ha-1 in 1924, stricken 1929
9	19 May 1908	9 Mar 1909	Ha-2 in 1924, stricken 1929
10	4 Mar 1911	12 Aug 1911	Ha-3 in 1924, stricken 1929
11	18 Mar 1911	26 Aug 1911	Ha-4 in 1924, stricken 1929
12	27 Mar 1911	3 Aug 1911	Ha-5 in 1924, stricken 1929
13	18 Jun 1912	30 Sep 1912	Ha-6 in 1924, stricken 1929

Remember, Ha refers to an I.J.N. submarine less than 500 tons. These boats were 142 feet long, 13 1/2 feet beam and 11 1/4 feet in draft. Numbers 8 and 9 were the C-1 Type and they displaced 286 tons surfaced, 321 tons submerged. These were shipped to Japan as complete submarines.

Numbers 10, 11 and 12 were the C-2 Type and displaced 291 tons surfaced, 326 tons submerged. These were shipped to Japan in sections. They were assembled and fitted out at the Kure shipyard. \umber 13 was an experimental submarine, which was a modified Vickers, built at the Kawasaki Shipyards. This boat was different in ;hat she was 125 3/4 feel long, 12 1/2 in beam and 9 3/4 feet in draft. She displaced 304 tons surfaced and 340 tons submerged. What set his boat apart from the others, aside from her shorter length, was he more powerful engine installed. She had a gasoline engine which produced 1,126hp rather than the 600hp of the other boats.

JOHN, thanks for this in depth information

Johann Buddenbaum

GUNTHER BUDDENBAUM (1229-LIFE-1992) would like to know what happened to his father's uncle Johann, who rode the Kaiser's U-boats in World War I and did not return from patrol.

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