H.M.S. E 7 (1913)

H.M.S. E 7 (1913)
Pendant Number:	I.87 (1914) E.7 (mid 1915)
Builder:	Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered:	1911-12
Launched:	2 Oct, 1913
Lost:	5 Sep, 1915
Fate:	in Dardanelles

H.M.S. E 7 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

One account of her loss records that the submarine was detected after she became became entangled in a net at Nagara Point. Oberleutmant Heino von Heimburg, whose UB 14 was under repair at Chanak, seized the opportunity and rowed out in a boat with his cook to lower mines down to batter the enemy sub. Cochrane and his entire crew was taken prisoner after he was forced to surface.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann, 20 November, 1913 – 16 November, 1914
• Lieutenant in Command Samuel M. G. Gravener, 25 August, 1915 – 27 August, 1915  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Archibald D. Cochrane, 31 November, 1914 – 4 September, 1915  (vessel lost under his command)

See Also

• Wikipedia