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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''E 44''''' was one of 57 submarines of the [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''E 44''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
On 26 April 1918 near 51deg 10.5' N., 1deg 53' E., ''E 44'' torpedoed {{DE-UB57}} in a night attack, but the torpedo failed to explode.{{UKTH1|p. 14}}
 
On 26 April 1918 near 51deg 10.5' N., 1deg 53' E., ''E 44'' torpedoed {{DE-UB57}} in a night attack, but the torpedo failed to explode.{{UKTH1|p. 14}}
  
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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}}
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She was one of four "E" class boats of the {{UK-SF|2}} 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.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Monday, Nov 24, 1919; pg. 19; Issue 42265}}
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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.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Phillips Hughes|nick=Henry P. Hughes|appt=1 April, 1916<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/22.|D7604435}} f. 182.</ref>|end=22 March, 1917<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/22.|D7604435}} f. 182.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Edwin Arthur William Cox|nick=Charles E. A. W. Cox|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 764}}|note=and seven other [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class subs]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gilbert Esdaile Venning|nick=Gilbert E. Venning|appt=5 March, 1917|end=5 October, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Oliver North|nick=Oliver North|appt=15 October, 1918|end=2 June, 1919}}
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{{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}}
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{{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 21:21, 4 June 2020

H.M.S. E 44 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.44[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 21 Feb, 1916[3]
Commissioned: Jul, 1916[4]
Sold: Oct, 1921[5]

H.M.S. E 44 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 26 April 1918 near 51deg 10.5' N., 1deg 53' E., E 44 torpedoed UB 57 in a night attack, but the torpedo failed to explode.[6]

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.[7]

By May 1920, she was one of nine (later eight) "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to Dolphin.[8]

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. 14.
  7. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 24, 1919; pg. 19; Issue 42265.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 764.
  9. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
  10. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
  11. ↑ Cox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/153. f. 153.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 764.
  13. ↑ 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  
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  E 24 E 34 E 41  
  E 45 E 46 E 51  
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