RN Submarines: E Class 1912

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RN Submarines: E Class 1912

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A Class of 58 boats, ordered in three groups between 1912 and 1915, some completed as minelayers. Their builds were spread across 12 different shipyards. Of the sequence, E28 was cancelled and a further two - AE1 and AE2 were ordered for the Australian Navy.
All served during the First World War, 19 of which were lost, together with AE1 and AE2.
Some photos:



E1 - E5


E1_1.jpg
E2_1.jpg
E.3.jpg
E.4...jpg
HMS E5-1912-1916.jpg


E6 - E9


HMS E6-1912-1915.jpg
E7.jpg
E8 IN BALTIC.jpg
E1 E9 E8 at Revel_1.jpg


E11 - E15


e11-submarine.jpg
E13 DAMAGED BY GERMAN.jpg
HMS E14-1914-1918.jpg


E16 - E20


E16 E4 6pdrs.jpg
E18.jpg
Scan0007 E19.jpg
E20 6in howitzer.jpg


E21 - E40


E21 4in BL MkVII.jpg
E25, 23-8-1915.JPG
E29 - Copy.jpg
HMS E30-1T.jpg
HMS E34-1907-1918.jpg
E-35d.jpg
E39_1.jpg
E40.jpg


E41 - E55


E.41 1915.jpg
E43 - Copy.jpg
HMS E44-1-c1916-WITH E39 AND DEPOT LUCIA..jpg
E45 centre.jpg
HMS E48-1916-1928.jpg
E49 engine[1].jpg
E-50.jpg
E55[1].jpg
E CLASS DIESEL ENGINES.jpg
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Dumfounded , by the lack of knowledge and angered by the thought that we were present but not tallied .

The comparative effort and publicity of the enemies landmarks..... as against out own efforts is embarrassing by comparison to put it mildly , I for one had no idea how many types or designs we had fielded and tested until now and saw only the anguish and frustration we as a country had to bare whilst we were obviously trying to catch up and not doing particular well either :oops: :oops:
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E Class Submarine HMS E-11 pictured at Malta in 1915.She was one of the most successful Submarines in action during the 1915 naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, sinking over 80 vessels of all sizes in three tours of the Sea of Marmara......She had a displacement of 662 long tons at the surface and 807 long tons while submerged. She had a total length of 180 feet and a beam of 22 feet 8.5 inches. She was powered by two 800 horsepower (600 kW) Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two 420 horsepower (310 kW) electric motors.She had a maximum surface speed of 16 knots and a submerged speed of 10 knots. British E-class Submarines had fuel capacities of 50 long tons (51 t) of diesel and ranges of 3,255 miles when travelling at 10 knots. E-11 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 knots. She initially did not have a deck gun. After her first Dardanelles tour, she was fitted with a QF 12-pounder 3 inch by the dockyard in Malta. She had five 18 inch torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried. E-Class submarines had wireless systems with 1 kilowatt (1.3 hp) power ratings; these were later upgraded to 3 kilowatts (4.0 hp) systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was 100 feet although in service some reached depths of below 200 feet.She was sold for scrap at Malta in March 1921.
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E Class Submarine HMS E-13 pictured under tow to Copenhagen.....HMS E13 had a relatively short career during World War I. On August 14th 1915, she was despatched from Harwich, accompanied by her sister vessel HMS E8. The two submarines had orders to sail to the Baltic Sea to interdict German shipping, particularly vessels carrying iron ore shipments from Sweden. At around 01:00 on August 18th 1915, the submarine ran aground in shallow water near Saltholm island in the Øresund between Malmö and Copenhagen, because of a defective gyrocompass. At dawn she became clearly visible. At 05:00 the Royal Danish Navy torpedo boat Narhvalen appeared on the scene and hailed the E13's commander, Lt Cdr Geoffrey Layton, informing him that he had 24 hours to refloat his vessel and leave before he and his crew would be interned for violating Denmark's neutrality.
The E13's crew sought to lighten the submarine by pumping out tanks and discharging fuel, but she had grounded in only 10 feet of water and would not move. Layton realised that he would not be able to refloat the E13 before the deadline passed and sent his first lieutenant ashore to arrange a tow or, if this was impracticable, to negotiate terms for internment. He was unable to contact the Admiralty for assistance, as the Germans were jamming radio frequencies.
At 10:28 the German torpedo boat G132 arrived but withdrew when the Danish torpedo boats Støren and Søulven approached. A third Danish torpedo boat, the Tumleren, arrived shortly afterwards. Meanwhile, the commander of the G132, Oberleutnant zur See Paul Graf von Montgelas, had informed Rear Admiral Robert Mischke by radio about the E13's grounding. German naval operations against the Russian-held city of Riga were at a critical stage and Mischke felt that he could not afford to let the E13 pass into the Baltic, where it could threaten the German offensive in the Gulf of Riga. He ordered G132 and another torpedo boat to destroy the submarine. The two vessels returned to Saltholm and opened fire on the E13 with torpedoes, machine-guns and shell fire from a range of 300 yards. The submarine was hit repeatedly and set on fire. Seeing this, Lt Cdr Layton ordered the submarine to be abandoned, but the firing continued while his men were in the water. The engagement ended when the Danish torpedo boat Søulven placed herself between the submarine and the two German ships, which withdrew. Fourteen of the E13's crew were killed in the attack and one was missing, presumed killed. E13's fifteen surviving crew members were interned at the Copenhagen Navy Yard by the Danes for the rest of the war. Layton refused to give his parole and eventually escaped along with his first officer, returning to England to continue the war. He went on to have a distinguished career and commanded the British Eastern Fleet during the Second World War.
The Danish government fitted out the mail steamer Vidar as a temporary chapel to transport the bodies of the casualties back to Hull, accompanied by the Danish torpedo boats Springeren and Støren. Notwithstanding Denmark's neutrality, the dead British sailors were given full honours when their bodies were brought ashore.
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E Class Submarines HMS E-1 and HMS E-9 berthed alongside a Mother Ship at Reval (Now Talinn, Estonia) in 1915....on October 15th 1914, she and E9 sailed from Gorleston near Yarmouth in a successful attempt to penetrate the German defences and enter the Baltic. On October 18th 1914, E1 unsuccessfully attacked the Armoured Cruiser SMS Victoria Louise in Kiel Bay. The torpedo ran too deep and missed. On July 22nd 1915, E1 fired two torpedoes at the German Vorpostenboot (patrol boat) Neumühlen, which missed. On July 30th1915, she torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary Minesweeper SMS Aachen east-northeast of Östergarn, Gotland, Sweden. On August 19th 1915, she torpedoed and damaged the German Battlecruiser Moltke (23,000 tons) during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga.
E1's service ended on April 3rd 1918 outside Helsingfors (now Helsinki), 1.5 nautical miles off Harmaja Light in the Gulf of Finland. She was scuttled by her crew, along with E8, E9, E19, C26, C27, and C35 to avoid seizure by advancing German forces which had landed nearby.
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