H.M.S. E 29 (1915)

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
H.M.S. E 29 (1915)
Pendant Number: E.29[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Launched: 1 Jun, 1915[3]
Commissioned: Oct, 1915[4]
Sold: Feb, 1922[5]
H.M.S. E 29 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 6 May 1918, E 29 torpedoed U 54 at 51deg 9' N., 1deg 48' E., but the torpedo's warhead at best achieved a partial detonation, damaging the enemy's rudder.[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. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  6. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 14.
  7. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  8. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  9. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  10. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.

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  
<– "D" Class Submarines (UK) "S" Class –>