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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''E 45''''' was one of 57 submarines of the [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''E 45''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]].


==Service==
==Service==
The British felt that on 19 October, 1917, E 45 sank {{DE-UC79}} at 52deg 16' N., 2deg 46' E., but later they would learn that this U-boat was not lost until 1918.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
The British felt that on 19 October, 1917, E 45 sank {{DE-UC79}} at 52deg 16' N., 2deg 46' E., but later they would learn that this U-boat was not lost until 1918.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
By May 1920, she was one of nine (later eight) "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to {{UK-Dolphin}}.{{NLJul20|p. 764}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} G. S. Watkins, D.S.O., in command on 19 October, 1917.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=5 July, 1916<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|end=5 January, 1918<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Austin Gaimes|nick=John A. Gaimes|appt=5 January, 1918|end=1 August, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ronald William Blacklock|nick=Ronald W. Blacklock|appt=1 August, 1918|end=1 February, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Ian Scott Bell|nick=Thomas I. S. Bell|appt=May, 1920|end=30 September, 1920|note=and 8 other Group "J" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Edwin Arthur William Cox|nick=Charles E. A. W. Cox|appt=1 October, 1920<ref>Cox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/153.|D8128053}} f. 153.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 764}}|end=20 March, 1921<ref>Cox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/153.|D8128053}} f. 153.</ref>|note=and seven other "E" class boats}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 4 June 2020

H.M.S. E 45 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.45[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 25 Jan, 1916[3]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[4]
Sold: Sep, 1922[5]

H.M.S. E 45 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

The British felt that on 19 October, 1917, E 45 sank UC 79 at 52deg 16' N., 2deg 46' E., but later they would learn that this U-boat was not lost until 1918.[6]

By May 1920, she was one of nine (later eight) "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to Dolphin.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 85.
  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. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 764.
  8. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  9. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  10. ↑ Cox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/153. f. 153.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 764.
  12. ↑ Cox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/153. f. 153.

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  
<– "D" Class Submarines (UK) "S" Class –>
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