H.M.S. E 35 (1916)

H.M.S. E 35 (1916)
Pendant Number:	E.35^[1]
Builder:	John Brown & Company^[2]
Launched:	20 May, 1916^[3]
Commissioned:	Jul, 1916^[4]
Sold:	Sep, 1922^[5]

H.M.S. E 35 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 11 May 1918, while part of the Gibraltar Submarine Flotilla, E 35 discovered Template:DE-U154 seemingly waiting to rendezvous with another U-boat at 36deg 45' N., 12deg 0' W.. She fired two torpedoes, scoring two hits that killed everyone aboard the enemy submarine.^[6]

At the end of 1920, she was one of nine "E" class boats of Group "H" in reserve at Rosyth under the collective command of Lieutenant Victor C. Dorman-Smith, and tender to Dolphin.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant in Command (I, Du., Gr., Da.) George P. Thomson, 1 April, 1916 – 19 July, 1917
Lieutenant in Command Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, 9 July, 1917 – 11 October, 1918
Lieutenant in Command Anthony G. Cunard, 11 October, 1918^[8] – 28 October, 1919^[9]
Lieutenant in Command Alan D. L. Macpherson, 1 February, 1920^[10] – 9 September, 1920^[11] (and 8 other Group "H" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth)
Lieutenant Victor C. Dorman-Smith, 5 October, 1920^[12]^[13] – 15 April, 1921^[14]