H.M.S. E 45 (1916)

H.M.S. E 45 (1916)
Pendant Number:	E.45
Builder:	Vickers
Launched:	25 Jan, 1916
Commissioned:	Aug, 1916
Sold:	Sep, 1922

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.

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

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, 5 July, 1916 – 5 January, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander John A. Gaimes, 5 January, 1918 – 1 August, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Ronald W. Blacklock, 1 August, 1918 – 1 February, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Thomas I. S. Bell, May, 1920 – 30 September, 1920  (and 8 other Group "J" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth)
• Lieutenant in Command Charles E. A. W. Cox, 1 October, 1920 – 20 March, 1921  (and seven other "E" class boats)

See Also

• Wikipedia