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{{UK-D1}}, {{UK-E55}} and {{UK-E26}} of the {{UK-SF|8}} sortied from Harwich at 7 p.m., GMT on 30th May 1916 to take stations at eight mile intervals on a line stretching 20 miles westward from the Vyl Light Vessel.  D 1's position was most distant, and the least eventful.  She made her station at 4.30 a.m. on June 1st, but she sighted nothing throughout her patrol.  She and her two compatriots returned to Harwich after dark on June 3rd.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 343}}
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{{UK-D1}}, {{UK-E55}} and {{UK-E26}} of the {{UK-SF|8}} sortied from Harwich at 7 p.m., GMT on 30th May 1916 to take stations at eight mile intervals on a line stretching 20 miles westward from the Vyl Light Vessel.  D 1's position was most distant, and the least eventful.  She made her station at 4.30 a.m. on June 1st, but she sighted nothing throughout her patrol.  She and her two compatriots left their pickets to return to Harwich after dark on June 3rd.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 343}}
  
 
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==Captains==

Revision as of 10:40, 20 November 2013

H.M.S. D 1 (1908)
Pendant Number: I.71 (1914)
D.1 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1906-07 Estimates[3]
Launched: 16 May, 1908[4]
Expended: 23 Oct, 1918[5]
Fate: sunk as target
H.M.S. D 1 was one of 8 submarines of the D class.

Service

D 1, E 55 and E 26 of the Eighth Submarine Flotilla sortied from Harwich at 7 p.m., GMT on 30th May 1916 to take stations at eight mile intervals on a line stretching 20 miles westward from the Vyl Light Vessel. D 1's position was most distant, and the least eventful. She made her station at 4.30 a.m. on June 1st, but she sighted nothing throughout her patrol. She and her two compatriots left their pickets to return to Harwich after dark on June 3rd.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 84.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 343.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 343.
  8. The Navy List (January, 1915) p. 353.

Bibliography


"D" Class Submarine
Vickers Boats
  D 1 D 2 D 3  
  D 4 D 5 D 6  
Chatham Boats
  D 7 D 8  
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