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E19

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E2
Fate: Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army. The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel.
E19 in Devonshire Dock
E19 in Devonshire Dock

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First addition to the Navys' war effort, she was built, launched, completed and delivered within 8 months.

Roll of Honour
1
Died: 24-02-1917
Baker, Thomas 
Leading Stoker Died: 24-02-1917
Died from influenza/pneumonia

Events

27-11-1914 Laid Down
13-05-1915 Launched
12-07-1915 Completed
03-04-1918 Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army. The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel.
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