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H.M.S. E 3 (1912)
Pendant Number: I.83 (1914)
E.3 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1910-11[3]
Launched: 29 Oct, 1912[4]
Torpedoed: 18 Oct, 1914[5]
Fate: by U 27

H.M.S. E 3 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

In early September, 1914, E 3 had the temeritous good fortune to manage to capture a German seaplane and her two crewmen when she surfaced alongside the surprised airmen after they'd landed their plane. However, on 18 October, luck abandoned her when she was stalked while participating in the Western Ems patrol by U 27, which had cleverly positioned herself up-sun to close to 800 yards before firing. E 3 sank rapidly and the German submarine did not stop to pick up survivors.[6]

E 3 was the first submarine to be sunk by another submarine.

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. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 212.
  7. ↑ Cholmley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/189.. f. 394.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 353.
  9. ↑ Cholmley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/189.. f. 394.
  10. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 27.

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 –>
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