| HMS E36 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS E36 |
| Builder: | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 7 January 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 16 November 1916 |
| Fate: | Sunk after collision, 19 January 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | E-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
662 long tons (673 t) (surfaced) 807 long tons (820 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 181 ft (55 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power: |
3,200 hp (2,400 kW) (diesel engines) 1,680 hp (1,250 kW) (electric motors) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors 2 × screws |
| Speed: |
15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) (surfaced) 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: |
3,000 nmi (3,500 mi; 5,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (surfaced) 65 nmi (75 mi; 120 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (surfaced) |
| Complement: | 30 |
| Armament: | 5 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern), 1 × 12-pounder gun |
HMS E36 was an E-class submarine built by John Brown, Clydebank for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 7 January 1915 and was commissioned on 16 November 1916.
E36 was sunk in a collision with E43 off Harwich in the North Sea on 19 January 1917. There were no survivors.
15 September 2013 a 70 years old Dutch fisherman, Hans Eelman, found a large metal object near the island of Texel, using sonar. The object was thought to be the wreck of a submarine of the E-type and was thought to be E36, but later reports proved this wasn't the case. The exact location remains a mystery.
References[]
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
External links[]
- [1] Article: WWI submarine found near Texel
- [2] Article: sunken vessel near Texel not submarine after all.
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