H.M.S. E 4 (1912)

H.M.S. E 4 (1912)
Pendant Number:	I.84 (1914) E.4 (mid 1915)
Builder:	Vickers
Ordered:	1910-11
Launched:	5 Feb, 1912
Collision:	15 Aug, 1916
Fate:	with E 41

H.M.S. E 4 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

At the start of the Great War, E 4 was in the Eighth Submarine Flotilla. She was lost with all hands on 15 August, 1916 when she was conducting a submerged attack on E 41 when she collided with her target. She was raised and returned to service in mid-1917 with the Ninth Submarine Flotilla. At the end of 1918, she paid off.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. N. Cromie, 31 August, 1912 – October, 1913
• Commander Ernest W. Leir, October, 1913 – 16 November, 1915
• Lieutenant-Commander Julian T. Tenison, 1 February, 1916 – 15 August, 1916  (killed when ship lost under his command)
• Lieutenant & Commander Eric B. Tod, 5 January, 1918 – 22 March, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Hugh Babington, 22 March, 1918 – August, 1918

See Also

• Wikipedia