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Royal naval D and E Class
submarines. D class approved for the Royal Navy in 1906, with overseas
patrolling capabilities. The E class was an enlarged version approved
1910-11. Historical information and photographs of these classes of
Royal Navy's submarines. |
| D 1 |
16th May 1908 |
Used as a target and sunk on 23rd October
1918. |
| D 2 |
25th May 1910 |
Took part in Helgoland action. Sunk on 25th November 1914 by a German patrol
boat. |
| D 3 |
17th October 1910 |
Erroneously sunk on 15th March 1918 by a
French airship while in the Channel. |
| D 4 |
27th May 1911 |
Scrapped in December 1921. |
| D 5 |
28th August 1911 |
Mined on 3rd November 1914. |
| D 6 |
23rd October 1911 |
Torpedoed on 26th June 1918 by U73 near
Northern Ireland. |
| D 7 |
14th January 1911 |
Scrapped in December 1921. |
| D 8 |
23rd September 1911 |
Scrapped in December 1921. |
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E Class
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| E 1 |
9th November 1912 |
Sent to the Baltic in 1914 and scuttled on
8th April 1918. |
| E 2 |
23rd November 1912 |
Scrapped in 1921. |
| E 3 |
29th October 1912 |
Torpedoed on 18th October 1914 by U27. |
| E 4 |
5th February 1912 |
Sunk in a collision with E41 and though
raised never served again. Scrapped in February 1922. |
| E 5 |
17th May 1912 |
Sunk by a mine in the North Sea on 7th March 1916. |
| E 6 |
12th November 1912 |
Mined on 26th December 1915. |
| E 7 |
2nd October 1913 |
Sunk on 5th September 1915 |
| E 8 |
30th October 1913 |
Sent to the Baltic. Scuttled on 8th April
1918. |
| E9 |
29th November 1913 |
Scuttled on 8th April 1918 to avoid her
falling into German hands. |
| E10 |
29th November 1913 |
Lost on 18th January 1915. Recent
research having found the sunken submarine appears to show that it struck
by a sea mine. Thanks to David Falconer, whose great Uncle Lt
Percy Falconer was one of the officers. |
| E11 |
23rd April 1914 |
Sold for scrapping in March 1921. |
| E12 |
5th September 1914 |
Sold for scrapping in March 1921. |
| E13 |
22nd September 1914 |
Ran aground in Baltic and disabled by
shellfire. Interned in August 1915 and returned November 1918. Sold for scrapping in December 1921. |
| E14 |
7th July 1914 |
Mined and sunk on 27th January 1918. |
| E15 |
23rd April 1914 |
Lost on 15th April 1915 after running aground
and subsequently bombed and attacked by torpedoes. |
| E16 |
23rd September 1914 |
Mined on 22nd August 1916. |
| E17 |
16th January 1915 |
Wrecked on 6th January 1916. |
| E18 |
4th March 1915 |
Sunk on 24th May 1916 by German decoy ship
KE41. She was also rammed by E4. |
| E19 |
13th May 1915 |
Scuttled on 8th April 1918 to avoid her
falling into German hands. |
| E20 |
12th June 1915 |
Torpedoed and sunk on 5th November 1916 by
German U-boat. |
| E21 |
24th July 1915 |
Scrapped in December 1921. |
| E22 |
27th August 1915 |
Torpedoed and sunk on 25th April 1916. |
| E23 |
28th September 1915 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E24 |
9th December 1915 |
Used as a minelayer she was mined on 24th
March 1916. |
| E25 |
23rd August 1915 |
Scrapped in December 1921. |
| E26 |
11th November 1915 |
Lost on 6th July 1916 reasons for which are
unknown. |
| E27 |
9th June 1917 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E29 |
1st June 1915 |
Scrapped in February 1922. |
| E30 |
29th June 1915 |
Lost on 22nd November 1916 for reasons
unknown. |
| E31 |
23rd August 1915 |
Scrapped in February 1922. |
| E32 |
16th August 1916 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E33 |
18th April 1916 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E34 |
27th January 1917 |
Used as a minelayer she was mined on 20th
July 1918. |
| E35 |
20th May 1916 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E36 |
16th September 1916 |
Lost on 17th January 1917 for reasons
unknown. |
| E37 |
2nd September 1915 |
Lost on 1st December 1916 for reasons
unknown. |
| E38 |
13th June 1916 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E39 |
18th May 1916 |
Scrapped in October 1921. |
| E40 |
9th November 1916 |
Scrapped December 1921. |
| E41 |
22nd October 1915 |
Used as a minelayer she was scrapped in
September 1922. |
| E42 |
22nd October 1915 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E43 |
11th November 1915 |
Scrapped in January 1921. |
| E44 |
21st February 1916 |
Scrapped in October 1921. |
| E45 |
25th January 1916 |
Used as a minelayer she was scrapped in
September 1922. |
| E46 |
4th April 1916 |
Used as a minelayer she was scrapped in
September 1922. |
| E47 |
29th May 1916 |
Lost on 20th August 1917 for reasons unknown. |
| E48 |
2nd August 1916 |
Scrapped in July 1928. |
| E49 |
18th September 1916 |
Mined and sunk on 12th March 1917. |
| E50 |
13th November 1916 |
Mined and sunk on 1st February 1918. |
| E51 |
30th November 1916 |
Used as a minelayer she was scrapped in
October 1931. |
| E52 |
25th January 1917 |
Scrapped in January 1921. |
| E53 |
1916 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E54 |
1916 |
Scrapped in December 1921. |
| E55 |
5th February 1916 |
Scrapped in September 1922. |
| E56 |
19th June 1916 |
Scrapped in June 1923. |
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D 1 |
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Royal Navy submarine D1 not long after her completion in 1908. Used as a target and sunk on 23rd October
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D 2
Royal Navy Submarine D.2 On the 3rd November
1914. hit a mine of Yarmouth. On the 23rd November. The captain of
D.2 Lt. commander A J Jameson was wept overboard and lost. the
Following day D.2 under anew captain Lt Commander C Head. D.2 failed
to return from this trip. It is believed she was sunk by a German Torpedo Boat
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D 3 |
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D 4 |
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Submarine D4 pictured c.1912. She helped sink U-boat U72
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D 5 |
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D 6
Under the Command of Lt. S A Brooks. While patrolling
off the west Coast of Ireland. D.6 was sunk with No survivors
on the 28th June 1918 by the German U-Boat U73 or UB73. |
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D 7 |
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Submarine D7 pictured c.1912. She was almost sunk in
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E 1 |
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E 2 |
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E 7 |
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Arthur James Jackman
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E 14 |
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Royal Navy submarine E14 sometime in the early 1900s. ©Edward
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E 19 |
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E19From The
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E 20
Royal navy Submarine E 20 was lost during the
Dardanelles Campaign.
the loss was the result of the negligence of the Commanding Officer
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Henri Ravenel and crew of the French submarine
Turquoise. They were meant to meet E20. but The Turquoise for some
reason left the area but ran aground. The captain and the crew abandoned
ship leaving important documentation for the Turkish and German military.
Papers onboard included the information about the rendezvous. E20 (CO
Lieutenant-Commander Clyfford Warren) and E20 arrived at the rendezvous
and while o the surface was torpedoed by a single torpedo form UB14
commanded by Lt. von Heimburg which was lying in wait for E20. 27
crew were killed and 9 survivors were picked up by UB14. later E20
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Submarine E33.
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E 34 |
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E34.
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E 38 |
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Submarine E 38 |
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E 41 |
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Crew of E 41 in 1917. Contributed by Andrew
Phillips.
Grandfather of the contributor, Francis Cecil Young,
served on surface ships and then submarines towards the end of World War
One. He was born in 1890, and died 1991, and at the time was
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One of the E Class Submarines. Sent
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E52, E53 and E31 of the E Class submarines.
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E6My Grandfather
Arthur James Jackman served as a torpedoman on both the E6 and the E7
working from the depot ship HMS Maidstone in Harwich and saw service in
the Heligoland Bight in the North Sea and also I believe the Dardanelles.
He went down with the E6 in December 1915. Any pictures or
additional information gratefully received. Contact
Here E7 My Grandfather Arthur James Jackman
served as a torpedoman on both the E6 and the E7 working from the depot
ship HMS Maidstone in Harwich and saw service in the Heligoland Bight in
the North Sea and also I believe the Dardanelles. He went down with
the E6 in December 1915. Any pictures or additional information
gratefully received. Contact
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E13 I would like to make
contact with anybody who has photos or info about the submarine K5 lost in
1921. My grandfather lost his life on this vessel. He was also involved
with the e13 submarine episode and was interned in Denmark. Any info
contact me at cgroffey@aol.com
(posted 19/05/03)
E30.. I am trying to find out the last orders for the submarine
E30. If you can help contact Neill at sharon.keeling13@ntlworld.com
E37.. FRANK THOMAS COWLARD.. Looking for any
information on the E37 which was lost at sea in December 1916. One of my
mother's relatives was on it - a Frank Thomas COWLARD. Are there any of his relatives out there? Please contact me at sue@soonandy.fslife.co.uk
E51.. HUGH R MARRACK.. My relative commanded the C19 and the
minelaying sub E51 during the Great War. He won the DSC for sinking U61
whilst Commanding Officer of E51. I believe he ended up as Rear Admiral
(with CB). He was also captain of HMS Medway and commanding officer of the
Far East submarine flotilla out on the China Station. If anyone has any
more information on either the man or the subs, contact me at Jonny956@aol.com
E49.. JEREMIAH SULIVAN.. I am researching my great uncle's
submarine and have been told she was hit by a mine in Muckle Flugga - does
anyone know any more and if there were any survivors? Contact me at KARENWOODSTOCK@aol.com
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