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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}}


At the end of 1920, she was one of eight "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth under the collective command of {{LieutRN}} [[Charles Edwin Arthur William Cox|Charles E. A. W. Cox]], and tender to {{UK-Dolphin}}.{{NLJan21|p. 764}}
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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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''E 45''">
* {{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>}}
* {{LieutRN}} [[Charles Edwin Arthur William Cox|Charles E. A. W. Cox]], 1 October, 1920 as one of eight "E" submarines under his care.{{NLJan21|p. 764}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Austin Gaimes|nick=John A. Gaimes|appt=5 January, 1918|end=1 August, 1918}}
</div name=fredbot:capts>
{{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}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_E45}}
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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 –>