H.M.S. E 40 (1916)

H.M.S. E 40 (1916)
Pendant Number:	E.40
Builder:	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Launched:	9 Nov, 1916
Commissioned:	May, 1917
Sold:	Dec, 1921

H.M.S. E 40 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

She was one of four "E" class boats of the Second Submarine Flotilla reduced to a Care and Maintenance Party at Devonport on 25 November 1919 as part of a plan to reduce the Atlantic Fleet from four submarine flotillas to three.

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.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Alexander L. P. Mark-Wardlaw, 6 August, 1918 – 1 October, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Alan D. L. Macpherson, 1 February, 1920 – 9 September, 1920  (and 8 other Group "H" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth)
• Lieutenant Victor C. Dorman-Smith, 5 October, 1920 – 15 April, 1921

See Also

• Wikipedia