D5
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | D |
| Fate: | Sunk by a mine thrown out of a German warship off Great Yarmouth on 3rd November 1914. |
D5
On 3rd November 1914 Submarine D5 was on the surface, at night, off the East Coast hastening to sea to intercept a German Raiding Force. Lt Cdr Herbert, a short while previously, had relieved his Second Captain as 'Officer of the Watch' and was on the bridge when the submarine struck a mine and was sunk. Herbert found himself in the water and after a while he was rescued with his 3rd Hand and three of the crew. His Second Captain and twenty others of his crew were not so lucky.
Lt Cdr Godfrey Herbert had survived a near fatal accident to A4 in 1907 and had, in 1912, taken one of the C Class submarines to Hong Kong.
The survivors were:
Officers
- Lt Cdr Godfrey Herbert, Royal Navy
- Sub Lt Ian Agnew Patterson MacIntyre, Royal Nav,
Ratings
- Chief Petty Officer Robert Spiers O/N 154380
- Leading Seaman Alfred Dearlove Suttill O/N J7463
- Able Seaman Charles Henry Sexton O/N J23950
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Blunsdon, Frederick Drury | Petty Officer | 203087 | 31 | |
| Boardman, Wright | Leading Seaman | 237913 | 24 | |
| Bradley, Frederick | Leading Stoker | 302220 | 29 | |
| At birth Bradley, Frederick Elkin Served as Bradley, Frederick | ||||
| Brodie, Donald Francis O'Callaghan | Lieutenant | 26 | ||
| Copland, William John | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | 271454 | 31 | |
| Crimp, George | Leading Seaman | 217450 | 30 | |
| Dowsett, William Richard Cass | Signalman | J 8219 | 20 | |
| Dunne, Joseph | Able Seaman | J 14000 | 21 | |
| Houlcroft, Edward | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | M 2924 | 26 | |
| Ingham, Thomas | Stoker | K 7494 | 22 | |
| King, George Clarence | Telegraphist | J 5894 | 21 | |
| Leake, John Robert | Acting Leading Stoker | 304084 | 30 | |
| Norris, Albert | Leading Seaman | 187835 | 34 | |
| Penhaligon, Richard Charles | Stoker 1st Class | 223326 | 27 | |
| Simmons, Sidney Charles Stanley | Stoker 1st Class | K 1975 | 24 | |
| Smith, Arthur Cecil | Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | 270627 | DSM | 33 |
| Smith, Timothy | Stoker Petty Officer | 344519 | 32 | |
| Tilley, John Thomas Percival | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | 272256 | 23 | |
| Whiting, Harry | Stoker 1st Class | K 7502 | 22 | |
| Wilcox, Ernest | Able Seaman | 222115 | 29 | |
| Worth, Ernest | Stoker 1st Class | K 2292 | 23 | |
Events
| 23-02-1910 : | Laid Down |
| 28-08-1911 : | Launched |
| 19-01-1912 : | Completed |
| 22-08-1914 : | Attacked and fired two torpedoes at the German Cruiser Rostock, no damage was caused. |
| 03-11-1914 : | Lost A force of German battle cruisers commenced bombarding the town of Lowestoft. HM Submarines D3, D5 and E10 were ordered to intercept the enemy off Terschelling. While proceeding on the surface to the interception point, D5 struck a drifting mine and was sunk. |
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