H.M.S. E 11 (1914)

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H.M.S. E 11 (1914)
Pendant Number: I.91 (1914)
E.11 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 23 Apr, 1914[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1914[4]
Sold: Mar, 1921[5]

H.M.S. E 11 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 15 October, 1914, E 1, E 9 and E 11 sortied to enter the Baltic. Lieutenant Nasmith alone failed to evade patrols in the Sound and he returned to base.[6]

E 11 was to make up for its failure by rescuing three ditched pilots from the Boxing Day raid on Cuxhaven, even as a Zeppelin attacked her.[7]

On 23 May 1915, E 11 sank the Turkish gunboat Peleng I Derya. As the enemy ship sank, its defiant gunfire neatly struck one of the submarine's periscopes, nearly truncating it. The boat completed its patrol using only a single periscope.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 84.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  6. Thompson. The War at Sea. p. 175.
  7. Thompson. The War at Sea. p. 176.
  8. Kemp, British Submarines of World War I, Plates 33, 34.
  9. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 353.
  11. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  12. Peto Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/211. f. 580.
  13. Peto Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/211. f. 580.

Bibliography


"E" Class Submarine
E 1 Group
E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5
E 6 E 7 E 8 AE 1 AE 2
E 9 Group
E 9 E 10 E 11 E 12 E 13
E 14 E 15 E 16 E 17 E 18
E 19 E 20 E 21 E 22 E 23
E 25 E 26 E 27 E 29 E 30
E 31 E 32 E 33 E 35 E 36
E 37 E 38 E 39 E 40 E 42
E 43 E 44 E 47 E 48 E 49
  E 50 E 52 E 53  
  E 54 E 55 E 56  
Minelayers
  E 24 E 34 E 41  
  E 45 E 46 E 51  
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