| HMS E5 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS E5 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Cost: | £106,700 |
| Laid down: | 9 June 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 28 June 1913 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine, 7 March 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | E-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
665 long tons (676 t) (surfaced) 796 long tons (809 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 178 ft (54 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft 5 in (4.70 m) |
| Installed power: |
3,500 hp (2,600 kW) (diesel engines) 1,200 hp (890 kW) (electric motors) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors 2 × screws |
| Speed: |
15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) (surfaced) 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: |
3,000 nmi (3,500 mi; 5,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) 65 nmi (75 mi; 120 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) |
| Complement: | 30 |
| Armament: | 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) |
HMS E5 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 9 June 1911 and was commissioned on 28 June 1913. She cost £106,700.
Service history[]
E5 had a very short career before and after her commissioning. She had an engine room explosion on 8 June 1913, 20 days before commissioning. 13 were killed.
E5 met her fate while rescuing the survivors of trawler Resono just north of Juist in the North Sea; she was mined on the 7 March 1916.
References[]
- Submarines, War Beneath The Sea, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson.
- The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston.
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