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− | A total of fifty-seven '''"E" Class Submarines''' entered service in the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy between 1913 and 1917. | + | A total of fifty-seven '''"E" Class Submarines''' entered service in the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy between 1913 and 1917. The Royal Navy considered these to be "patrol" (as opposed to coastal or fleet) submarines.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 11}} |
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+ | Though they were produced in considerable numbers, the "E" boats were so successful that their numbers were deemed insufficient. In light of this view, the [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class boats]] would be designed and prduced as enlarged "E"s.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 6}} | ||
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+ | The boats delivered outstanding service in the Great War, but advances in technology and design, and the large numbers of older submarines available at war's end mitigated against their longevity. About twenty were retained after the war's end, but all but one were in a collective reserve at Portsmouth. All were disposed of before the mid-1920s. | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 57 vessels | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E1}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |9 Nov, 1912 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E2}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |23 Nov, 1912 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E3}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Oct, 1912 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Torpedoed 18 Oct, 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E4}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |5 Feb, 1912 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Collision 15 Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E5}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |17 May, 1912 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Lost 7 Mar, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E6}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |12 Nov, 1912 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Mined 26 Dec, 1915 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E7}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |2 Oct, 1913 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Lost 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E8}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |30 Oct, 1913 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:AU-AE1}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |18 Jun, 1913 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Lost 14 Sep, 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:AU-AE2}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |22 May, 1913 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Scuttled 30 Apr, 1915 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E9}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Nov, 1913 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E10}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Nov, 1913 | ||
+ | |Aug, 1914 | ||
+ | |Lost 18 Jan, 1915 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E11}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |23 Apr, 1914 | ||
+ | |Sep, 1914 | ||
+ | |Sold Mar, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E12}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |5 Sep, 1914 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1914 | ||
+ | |Sold Mar, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E13}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |22 Sep, 1914 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1914 | ||
+ | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E14}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |7 Jul, 1914 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1914 | ||
+ | |Mined 27 Jan, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E15}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |23 Apr, 1914 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1914 | ||
+ | |Lost 15 Apr, 1915 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E16}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |23 Sep, 1914 | ||
+ | |Feb, 1915 | ||
+ | |Mined 22 Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E17}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |16 Jan, 1916 | ||
+ | |Apr, 1915 | ||
+ | |Wrecked 6 Jan, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E18}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |4 Mar, 1915 | ||
+ | |Jun, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sunk 24 May, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E19}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |13 May, 1915 | ||
+ | |Jul, 1915 | ||
+ | |Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E20}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |12 Jun, 1916 | ||
+ | |Aug, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sunk 5 Nov, 1915 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E21}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |24 Jul, 1915 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E22}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |27 Aug, 1915 | ||
+ | |Nov, 1915 | ||
+ | |Torpedoed 25 Apr, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E23}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |28 Sep, 1915 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E25}} | ||
+ | |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |23 Aug, 1915 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E26}} | ||
+ | |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |11 Nov, 1915 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1915 | ||
+ | |Lost 6 Jul, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E27}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |9 Jun, 1917 | ||
+ | |Aug, 1917 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E29}} | ||
+ | |[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1 Jun, 1915 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sold Feb, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E30}} | ||
+ | |[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Jun, 1915 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1915 | ||
+ | |Lost 22 Nov, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E31}} | ||
+ | |[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |23 Aug, 1915 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1915 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E32}} | ||
+ | |[[J. Samuel White]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |16 Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E33}} | ||
+ | |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |18 Apr, 1916 | ||
+ | |Nov, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E35}} | ||
+ | |[[John Brown & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |20 May, 1916 | ||
+ | |Jul, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E36}} | ||
+ | |[[John Brown & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |16 Sep, 1916 | ||
+ | |Nov, 1916 | ||
+ | |Lost 17 Jan, 1917 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E37}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |2 Sep, 1915 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1916 | ||
+ | |Lost 1 Dec, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E38}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |13 Jun, 1916 | ||
+ | |Jul, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E39}} | ||
+ | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |18 May, 1916 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E40}} | ||
+ | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |9 Nov, 1916 | ||
+ | |May, 1917 | ||
+ | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E42}} | ||
+ | |[[Cammell Laird]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |22 Oct, 1915 | ||
+ | |Feb, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E43}} | ||
+ | |[[Swan Hunter]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |11 Nov, 1915 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Jan, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E44}} | ||
+ | |[[Swan Hunter]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |21 Feb, 1916 | ||
+ | |Jul, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E47}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 May, 1916 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1916 | ||
+ | |Lost 20 Aug, 1917 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E48}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |2 Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1917 | ||
+ | |Sold Jul, 1928 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E49}} | ||
+ | |[[Swan Hunter]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |18 Sep, 1916 | ||
+ | |Dec, 1916 | ||
+ | |Mined 12 Mar, 1917 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E50}} | ||
+ | |[[John Brown & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |13 Nov, 1916 | ||
+ | |Jan, 1917 | ||
+ | |Mined 1 Feb, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E52}} | ||
+ | |[[William Denny & Brothers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |25 Jan, 1917 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1917 | ||
+ | |Sold Jan, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E53}} | ||
+ | |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1916 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E54}} | ||
+ | |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1916 | ||
+ | |May, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E55}} | ||
+ | |[[William Denny & Brothers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |5 Feb, 1916 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E56}} | ||
+ | |[[William Denny & Brothers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |19 Jun, 1916 | ||
+ | |Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Jun, 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E24}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |9 Dec, 1915 | ||
+ | |Jan, 1916 | ||
+ | |Mined 24 Mar, 1916 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E34}} | ||
+ | |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |27 Jan, 1917 | ||
+ | |Mar, 1917 | ||
+ | |Mined 20 Jul, 1918 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E41}} | ||
+ | |[[Cammell Laird]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |22 Oct, 1915 | ||
+ | |Feb, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E45}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |25 Jan, 1916 | ||
+ | |Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E46}} | ||
+ | |[[Cammell Laird]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |4 Apr, 1916 | ||
+ | |Oct, 1916 | ||
+ | |Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-E51}} | ||
+ | |[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |30 Nov, 1916 | ||
+ | |Jan, 1917 | ||
+ | |Sold Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |} | ||
</div name=fredbot:ships> | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
− | + | ==Design and Construction== | |
− | + | [[File:TH21Plate1.jpg|thumb|500px|'''Design drawing for ''E 17'' through ''E 24''.'''{{UKTH21|Plate 1}}]] | |
+ | |||
+ | ==Performance== | ||
+ | The Grand Fleet Battle Orders specified that the top speed on the surface was 14 knots, but that a more realistic "sea-going speed" was 12 knots.{{GoldingGFBOs|p. 46}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==History== | ||
+ | ''E 28'' was cancelled before completion. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On 11 November, 1914, a conference of representatives of shipbuilding firms were asked to prioritise their capacity to build "E" class boats, and this resulted in an order for 38 boats from 12 firms, with an additional two being ordered from Denny before the month was out. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Radio== | ||
+ | By war's end, all boats of "E" class and later were given 3 kilowatt Poulsen wireless sets, affording ranges of 200 miles submarine-to-submarine, and 300-400 miles between shore stations and submarines. Reception of shore stations of 400 miles was common, and high power shore stations could be received over 500-600 miles.{{UKTHVol3Part21|pp. 16-17}} | ||
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==Torpedoes== | ==Torpedoes== | ||
− | E 1 | + | E 1 - E 8: |
* four 18-in tubes (one forward, one stern, 2 broadside), eight torpedoes | * four 18-in tubes (one forward, one stern, 2 broadside), eight torpedoes | ||
− | E | + | E 19 - E 25 (with appropriations per boat specified in 1913 and 1914):{{ARTS1913|p. 46}}{{ARTS1914|p. 46}} |
− | * | + | * two 21-in tubes (one forward, one aft, seven torpedoes) |
+ | * two 18-in tubes broadside (seven {{Torp|18-in Mark VIII|UK}}s) | ||
+ | |||
+ | E 9 - E 56 (as delivered):{{ARTS1915|p. 36}} | ||
+ | * two 18-in tubes forward, undepressed, Elswick high impulse or Service | ||
+ | * two 18-in tubes broadside, undepressed, Service | ||
+ | * one 18-in tube aft, B lip end in E 19 and later | ||
Minelayers: | Minelayers: | ||
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==Guns== | ==Guns== | ||
− | {{ | + | Though in 1912 it had been decided that all "oversea" submarines should carry a 12-pdr, this class was seemingly built without a gun,{{UKTH28|p. 19}} though the drawing above seems to imply some may have been equipped with, or designed to support, a 12-pdr aft. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_E_class_submarine}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_E_class_submarine}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 1 | name=E 1 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.81 (1914)<br>E.1 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 2 | name=E 2 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.82 (1914)<br>E.2 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 3 | name=E 3 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.83 (1914)<br>E.3 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 4 | name=E 4 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.84 (1914)<br>E.4 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 5 | name=E 5 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.85 (1914)<br>E.5 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 6 | name=E 6 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.86 (1914)<br>E.6 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1910-11{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 7 | name=E 7 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.87 (1914)<br>E.7 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1911-12{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1911-12{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 8 | name=E 8 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.88 (1914)<br>E.8 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order=1911-12{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | order=1911-12{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=AE 1 | name=AE 1 | ||
+ | nat=AU | ||
+ | prefix=H.M.A.S. | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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comm= | comm= | ||
fate=Lost | fate=Lost | ||
− | fate2=unknown | + | fate2=unknown cause |
fatedate=14 9 14{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | fatedate=14 9 14{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
} | } | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=AE 2 | name=AE 2 | ||
+ | nat=AU | ||
+ | prefix=H.M.A.S. | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 9 | name=E 9 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.89 (1914)<br>E.9 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order= | order= | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 10 | name=E 10 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.90 (1914)<br>E.10 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order= | order= | ||
laid= | laid= | ||
launch=29 11 13{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | launch=29 11 13{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
− | comm= | + | comm=Aug, 1914{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 39}} |
fate=Lost | fate=Lost | ||
− | fate2=unknown | + | fate2=unknown cause |
fatedate=18 1 15{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | fatedate=18 1 15{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
} | } | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 11 | name=E 11 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.91 (1914)<br>E.11 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
order= | order= | ||
laid= | laid= | ||
launch=23 4 14{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | launch=23 4 14{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
− | comm= | + | comm=Sep, 1914{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 39}} |
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2= | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=E 12 | name=E 12 | ||
− | pend= | + | pend=I.92 (1914)<br>E.12 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 84}} |
builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 88}} | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:59, 24 June 2020
A total of fifty-seven "E" Class Submarines entered service in the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy between 1913 and 1917. The Royal Navy considered these to be "patrol" (as opposed to coastal or fleet) submarines.[1]
Though they were produced in considerable numbers, the "E" boats were so successful that their numbers were deemed insufficient. In light of this view, the "L" class boats would be designed and prduced as enlarged "E"s.[2]
The boats delivered outstanding service in the Great War, but advances in technology and design, and the large numbers of older submarines available at war's end mitigated against their longevity. About twenty were retained after the war's end, but all but one were in a collective reserve at Portsmouth. All were disposed of before the mid-1920s.
Overview of 57 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
E 1 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 9 Nov, 1912 | Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
E 2 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 23 Nov, 1912 | Sold 1921 | ||
E 3 | Vickers | 29 Oct, 1912 | Torpedoed 18 Oct, 1914 | ||
E 4 | Vickers | 5 Feb, 1912 | Collision 15 Aug, 1916 | ||
E 5 | Vickers | 17 May, 1912 | Lost 7 Mar, 1916 | ||
E 6 | Vickers | 12 Nov, 1912 | Mined 26 Dec, 1915 | ||
E 7 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 2 Oct, 1913 | Lost 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
E 8 | Vickers | 30 Oct, 1913 | Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
AE 1 | Vickers | 18 Jun, 1913 | Lost 14 Sep, 1914 | ||
AE 2 | Vickers | 22 May, 1913 | Scuttled 30 Apr, 1915 | ||
E 9 | Vickers | 29 Nov, 1913 | Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | ||
E 10 | Vickers | 29 Nov, 1913 | Aug, 1914 | Lost 18 Jan, 1915 | |
E 11 | Vickers | 23 Apr, 1914 | Sep, 1914 | Sold Mar, 1921 | |
E 12 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 5 Sep, 1914 | Oct, 1914 | Sold Mar, 1921 | |
E 13 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 22 Sep, 1914 | Dec, 1914 | Sold Dec, 1921 | |
E 14 | Vickers | 7 Jul, 1914 | Dec, 1914 | Mined 27 Jan, 1918 | |
E 15 | Vickers | 23 Apr, 1914 | Oct, 1914 | Lost 15 Apr, 1915 | |
E 16 | Vickers | 23 Sep, 1914 | Feb, 1915 | Mined 22 Aug, 1916 | |
E 17 | Vickers | 16 Jan, 1916 | Apr, 1915 | Wrecked 6 Jan, 1916 | |
E 18 | Vickers | 4 Mar, 1915 | Jun, 1915 | Sunk 24 May, 1916 | |
E 19 | Vickers | 13 May, 1915 | Jul, 1915 | Scuttled 8 Apr, 1918 | |
E 20 | Vickers | 12 Jun, 1916 | Aug, 1915 | Sunk 5 Nov, 1915 | |
E 21 | Vickers | 24 Jul, 1915 | Oct, 1915 | Sold Dec, 1921 | |
E 22 | Vickers | 27 Aug, 1915 | Nov, 1915 | Torpedoed 25 Apr, 1916 | |
E 23 | Vickers | 28 Sep, 1915 | Dec, 1915 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 25 | William Beardmore & Company | 23 Aug, 1915 | Oct, 1915 | Sold Dec, 1921 | |
E 26 | William Beardmore & Company | 11 Nov, 1915 | Dec, 1915 | Lost 6 Jul, 1916 | |
E 27 | Yarrow & Company | 9 Jun, 1917 | Aug, 1917 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 29 | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company | 1 Jun, 1915 | Oct, 1915 | Sold Feb, 1922 | |
E 30 | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company | 29 Jun, 1915 | Dec, 1915 | Lost 22 Nov, 1916 | |
E 31 | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 23 Aug, 1915 | Dec, 1915 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 32 | J. Samuel White | 16 Aug, 1916 | Oct, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 33 | John I. Thornycroft & Company | 18 Apr, 1916 | Nov, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 35 | John Brown & Company | 20 May, 1916 | Jul, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 36 | John Brown & Company | 16 Sep, 1916 | Nov, 1916 | Lost 17 Jan, 1917 | |
E 37 | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 2 Sep, 1915 | Mar, 1916 | Lost 1 Dec, 1916 | |
E 38 | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 13 Jun, 1916 | Jul, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 39 | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 18 May, 1916 | Oct, 1916 | Sold Oct, 1921 | |
E 40 | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 9 Nov, 1916 | May, 1917 | Sold Dec, 1921 | |
E 42 | Cammell Laird | 22 Oct, 1915 | Feb, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 43 | Swan Hunter | 11 Nov, 1915 | Mar, 1916 | Sold Jan, 1921 | |
E 44 | Swan Hunter | 21 Feb, 1916 | Jul, 1916 | Sold Oct, 1921 | |
E 47 | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 29 May, 1916 | Oct, 1916 | Lost 20 Aug, 1917 | |
E 48 | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 2 Aug, 1916 | Mar, 1917 | Sold Jul, 1928 | |
E 49 | Swan Hunter | 18 Sep, 1916 | Dec, 1916 | Mined 12 Mar, 1917 | |
E 50 | John Brown & Company | 13 Nov, 1916 | Jan, 1917 | Mined 1 Feb, 1918 | |
E 52 | William Denny & Brothers | 25 Jan, 1917 | Mar, 1917 | Sold Jan, 1921 | |
E 53 | William Beardmore & Company | 1916 | Mar, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 54 | William Beardmore & Company | 1916 | May, 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 | |
E 55 | William Denny & Brothers | 5 Feb, 1916 | Mar, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 56 | William Denny & Brothers | 19 Jun, 1916 | Aug, 1916 | Sold Jun, 1923 | |
E 24 | Vickers | 9 Dec, 1915 | Jan, 1916 | Mined 24 Mar, 1916 | |
E 34 | John I. Thornycroft & Company | 27 Jan, 1917 | Mar, 1917 | Mined 20 Jul, 1918 | |
E 41 | Cammell Laird | 22 Oct, 1915 | Feb, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 45 | Vickers | 25 Jan, 1916 | Aug, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 46 | Cammell Laird | 4 Apr, 1916 | Oct, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 | |
E 51 | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 30 Nov, 1916 | Jan, 1917 | Sold Oct, 1921 |
Design and Construction
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Performance
The Grand Fleet Battle Orders specified that the top speed on the surface was 14 knots, but that a more realistic "sea-going speed" was 12 knots.[4]
History
E 28 was cancelled before completion.
On 11 November, 1914, a conference of representatives of shipbuilding firms were asked to prioritise their capacity to build "E" class boats, and this resulted in an order for 38 boats from 12 firms, with an additional two being ordered from Denny before the month was out.
Radio
By war's end, all boats of "E" class and later were given 3 kilowatt Poulsen wireless sets, affording ranges of 200 miles submarine-to-submarine, and 300-400 miles between shore stations and submarines. Reception of shore stations of 400 miles was common, and high power shore stations could be received over 500-600 miles.[5]
Torpedoes
E 1 - E 8:
- four 18-in tubes (one forward, one stern, 2 broadside), eight torpedoes
E 19 - E 25 (with appropriations per boat specified in 1913 and 1914):[6][7]
- two 21-in tubes (one forward, one aft, seven torpedoes)
- two 18-in tubes broadside (seven 18-in Mark VIII torpedos)
E 9 - E 56 (as delivered):[8]
- two 18-in tubes forward, undepressed, Elswick high impulse or Service
- two 18-in tubes broadside, undepressed, Service
- one 18-in tube aft, B lip end in E 19 and later
Minelayers:
- three 18-in tubes (two forward, one stern)
- twenty mines
Guns
Though in 1912 it had been decided that all "oversea" submarines should carry a 12-pdr, this class was seemingly built without a gun,[9] though the drawing above seems to imply some may have been equipped with, or designed to support, a 12-pdr aft.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 11.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 6.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. Plate 1.
- ↑ Golding. Grand Fleet Battle Orders. p. 46.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 46.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. p. 46.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 36.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 28. p. 19.
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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