H.M.S. E 2 (1912)

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H.M.S. E 2 (1912)
Pendant Number: I.82 (1914)
E.2 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1910-11[3]
Launched: 23 Nov, 1912[4]
Sold: 1921[5]
H.M.S. E 2 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

Completed at Chatham in July 1913, E 2 was ordered to join the Eighth Submarine Flotilla in Portsmouth and was escorted there by Adamant.[6]

On 8 September, 1915 Lt. Harold Vernon Lyon was lost overboard and drowned.[7]

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. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 09, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40259.
  7. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 140.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.

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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