Top
Share
Home → Boats → Submarines → E Class → E10

E 10 (I 90)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E2
Fate: Submarine E10 had been sent to patrol off the North-North West of Heligoland on 18th January 1915. The submarine parted company with the sister submarine E5 in the early evening of 18th January and was not seen again.

It was thought at the time that E10 was mined on or about 18th January, the recent discovery of the wreck of the submarine confirmed that she did hit a mine.

All hands were lost in this incident.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that the loss took place on 21 January 1915 which, it is assumed, is the day the submarine should have arrived back at Harwich.

Upload An Image Of This Boat

Commanders
1914: Lieutenant Commander   W St J Fraser

8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.

Roll of Honour
31
 
Ayling, Frank Stuart  236228
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
Barby, Alexander Henry  237567
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
Bathard, Alfred William  271401
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 34
Blackburn, Layton  217575
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Leading Seaman Aged: 30
Briggs, Henry Sydney  219065
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Able Seaman Aged: 28
Collins, Charles Frederick  226346 Born: 17th Oct, 1885. 
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Able Seaman Aged: 29
RN DoB 17/10/1886
Cross, Frederick James  305745
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Acting Leading Stoker Aged: 29
Driscoll, Henry James Thomas  J823
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Dyer, Arthur Edward  (RNR) 188723
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Petty Officer Aged: 33
Falconer, Percy Albert Gordon 
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Acting Lieutenant Aged: 26
Fraser, William St John 
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Lieutenant Commander Aged: 31
Commanding Officer
Gray, Edward William  M 1333
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
Hannen, Frederick  K 7930
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 25
Hanson, Robert  270112
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 36
Hayler, William Middleton  J5130
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Signalman Aged: 21
Hopkinson, Ernest  304121
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 29
Irish, Cranston John Henry   216724
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Able Seaman Aged: 28
Keene, Alfred  K 6628 Born: 10th Jan, 1887. 
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 28
RN DoB 10/01/1888
Lampard, Ernest William  K14536
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Lawrence, Percy Herbert George   K 9196
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
McBain, William  K16457
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Page, William  271400
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 32
Phillips, Charles  282526
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Chief Stoker Aged: 38
Rowan, Thomas  181381
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Petty Officer Aged: 35
Thompson, Richard  195613
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Petty Officer Aged: 33
Upton, Edward Ernest Llewelyn  224723
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Leading Seaman Aged: 28
Walker, Percy  K 379
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Leading Stoker Aged: 29
Weller, Sidney Herbert  K10135
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
Whitaker, Trevor  (RNR)
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Lieutenant Aged: 23
White, Philip William  J3618
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 22
Wright, Albert Edward  270556
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 36

Events

 10-07-1912   Laid Down
 29-11-1913   Launched
 10-08-1914   Completed
 18-01-1915   HMS E10 sailed from Harwich for operations NNW of Heligoland. No further contact was made with the submarine after parting company with HMS E5 at 1950 on the evening of the 18th.

The recent discovery of the wreck of the submarine confirmed that she hit a mine.

All hands were lost in this incident.
Comments

Comment by: David Falconer on July 13th, 2018

The finding of the E10 was a great surprise to our family. Decades wondering what happened to PAG Falconer; my great-uncle. Percy Albert Gordon had only been married a couple of weeks before the E10 sank.

Add A Comment (click to open)

This form is for you to comment on, or add additional information to this page. Any questions will be deleted. If you wish to ask a question contact the Branch or the Webmaster using the Contact Us page or ask your question on our Facebook Page

Name E-Mail
Your email will not be shown, but is required
Anti Spam: Type the following code exactly as shown into the box below.

Rv2q    
Note: All submissions are subject to approval prior to appearing on the page. As a SPAM prevention measure, any comments containing links to other sites will be automatically discarded.

E 9 (I 89) E 11 (I 91)