H.M.S. E 35 (1916)

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H.M.S. E 35 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.35[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 20 May, 1916[3]
Commissioned: Jul, 1916[4]
Sold: Sep, 1922[5]

H.M.S. E 35 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 11 May 1918, while part of the Gibraltar Submarine Flotilla, E 35 discovered Template:DE-U154 seemingly waiting to rendezvous with another U-boat at 36deg 45' N., 12deg 0' W.. She fired two torpedoes, scoring two hits that killed everyone aboard the enemy submarine.[6]

At the end of 1920, she was one of nine "E" class boats of Group "H" in reserve at Rosyth under the collective command of Lieutenant Victor C. Dorman-Smith, and 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. 10.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 764.
  8. Cunard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/26. f. ?.
  9. Cunard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/26. f. ?.
  10. Macpherson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/52. f. 52.
  11. Macpherson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/52. f. 52.
  12. Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 764.
  14. Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.

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  
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