H.M.S. E 1 (1912)

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H.M.S. E 1 (1912)
Pendant Number: I.81 (1914)
E.1 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1910-11[3]
Launched: 9 Nov, 1912[4]
Scuttled: 8 Apr, 1918[5]
Fate: off Helsingfors
H.M.S. E 1 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 15 October, 1914, E 1, E 9 and E 11 sortied to enter the Baltic. Lieutenant Laurence took the E 1 into the Baltic on the 17th, where he attacked Template:DE-ViktoriaLuise unsuccessfully before proceeding to the Russian port of Libau.[6]

On 19 August, 1915, she succeeded in torpedoing the battlecruiser Moltke.

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. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  6. Thompson. The War at Sea. p. 175.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
  8. Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  9. Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.

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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