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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''E 54''''' 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 54''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]].
 
==Service==
On 21 August 1916, E 54 sank {{DE-UC10}} while it was operating at 51deg 45' N., 3deg 20' E..{{UKTH1|p. 13, though it identifies the lost sub as UC7}}  The submarine repeated this coup on 1 May, 1917, when she sank {{DE-U81}} after the enemy boat surfaced after torpedoing a surface ship at 51deg N., 13deg W..{{UKTH1|pp. 5,13}}  The boat was under the command of {{LCommRN}} Raikes on both occasions.
 
By May 1920, she was one of nine "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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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 April, 1916<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>|end=14 November, 1917<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Arthur Coxall Sharp|nick=George A. C. Sharp|appt=20 May, 1918<ref>Sharp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/119.|}} f. 118.</ref>|end=22 May, 1919<ref>Sharp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/119.|}} f. 118.</ref>}}
{{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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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:13, 15 March 2022

H.M.S. E 54 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.54[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Launched: 1916[3]
Commissioned: May, 1916[4]
Sold: Dec, 1921[5]

H.M.S. E 54 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 21 August 1916, E 54 sank UC 10 while it was operating at 51deg 45' N., 3deg 20' E..[6] The submarine repeated this coup on 1 May, 1917, when she sank U 81 after the enemy boat surfaced after torpedoing a surface ship at 51deg N., 13deg W..[7] The boat was under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Raikes on both occasions.

By May 1920, she was one of nine "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. 13, though it identifies the lost sub as UC7.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. pp. 5,13.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 764.
  9. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  10. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  11. ↑ Sharp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/119. f. 118.
  12. ↑ Sharp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/119. f. 118.

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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