CC-class submarine

HMCS CC-1 and HMCS CC-2
Class overview
Name	CC class
Builders	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	H class
Built	1913
In commission	1914–1920
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	313 long tons (318 t) surfaced 373 long tons (379 t) submerged
Length	144 ft (44 m)
Beam	15 ft (4.6 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	MAN 6-cylinder diesel engine
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Complement	18 (2 officers, 16 enlisted)
Armament	5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes firing Whitehead Mark IV

The CC-class submarine was the first class of submarines used by the Royal Canadian Navy. Designed as diesel-electric submarines for use as coastal defence, they were originally purchased by the province of British Columbia from a shipbuilder in Seattle, Washington, which had built the submarines for the Chilean Navy. Acquired by Canada they saw no battle while in service during the First World War and were paid off in 1920. They were the first Canadian warships to pass through the Panama Canal.^[1] Both ships were discarded in 1925.