H.M.S. E 51 (1916)

H.M.S. E 51 (1916)
Pendant Number:	E.51
Builder:	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched:	30 Nov, 1916
Commissioned:	Jan, 1917
Sold:	Oct, 1931

H.M.S. E 51 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

By May 1920, she was one of nine (later eight) "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to Dolphin.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh R. Marrack, 1 December, 1916 – 11 February, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Henry B. Crane, 11 February, 1919 – 14 October, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Thomas I. S. Bell, May, 1920 – 30 September, 1920  (and 8 other Group "J" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth)
• Lieutenant in Command Charles E. A. W. Cox, 1 October, 1920 – 20 March, 1921  (and seven other "E" class boats)

See Also

• Wikipedia