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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