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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
On 21 August 1916, E 54 sank {{DE-UC10}} while it was operating at 51deg 45' N., 3deg 20' E..{{UKTH1|p. 13, though it identifies the lost sub as UC7}}  The submarine repeated this coup on 1 May, 1917, when she sank {{DE-U81}} after the enemy boat surfaced after torpedoing a surface ship at 51deg N., 13deg W..{{UKTH1|pp. 5,13}}  The boat was under the command of {{LCommRN}} Raikes on both occasions.
 
On 21 August 1916, E 54 sank {{DE-UC10}} while it was operating at 51deg 45' N., 3deg 20' E..{{UKTH1|p. 13, though it identifies the lost sub as UC7}}  The submarine repeated this coup on 1 May, 1917, when she sank {{DE-U81}} after the enemy boat surfaced after torpedoing a surface ship at 51deg N., 13deg W..{{UKTH1|pp. 5,13}}  The boat was under the command of {{LCommRN}} Raikes on both occasions.
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By May 1920, she was one of nine "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to {{UK-Dolphin}}.{{NLJul20|p. 764}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 April, 1916<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>|end=14 November, 1917<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>}}  
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 April, 1916<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>|end=14 November, 1917<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Arthur Coxall Sharp|nick=George A. C. Sharp|appt=20 May, 1918<ref>Sharp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/119.|}} f. 118.</ref>|end=22 May, 1919<ref>Sharp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/119.|}} f. 118.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Ian Scott Bell|nick=Thomas I. S. Bell|appt=May, 1920|end=30 September, 1920|note=and 8 other Group "J" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:13, 15 March 2022

H.M.S. E 54 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.54[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Launched: 1916[3]
Commissioned: May, 1916[4]
Sold: Dec, 1921[5]
H.M.S. E 54 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 21 August 1916, E 54 sank UC 10 while it was operating at 51deg 45' N., 3deg 20' E..[6] The submarine repeated this coup on 1 May, 1917, when she sank U 81 after the enemy boat surfaced after torpedoing a surface ship at 51deg N., 13deg W..[7] The boat was under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Raikes on both occasions.

By May 1920, she was one of nine "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to Dolphin.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 85.
  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. 13, though it identifies the lost sub as UC7.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. pp. 5,13.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 764.
  9. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  10. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  11. Sharp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/119. f. 118.
  12. Sharp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/119. f. 118.

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 –>