E 34
Built By: | Thornycroft (Southampton) |
Build Group: | E3ML |
Fate: | Believed mined on 20th July 1918. Whilst returning from her twenty-fourth minelaying operation off Vlieland, she probably strayed into a minefield laid in that area by E51 some time earlier. She was the last E boat to be lost in WWI. |
Commanders
- 1917: Lieutenant R I Pulleyne DSO DSC
8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.
Sank UB-16 about May 1918.
Roll of Honour |
31
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Died: 20-07-1918 | |||||
Aldridge, Newman William J 1558 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 25 | |||
Allen, John M 15316 | |||||
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 24 | |||
Amoore, Charles John Newnham J 21492 | |||||
Leading Telegraphist | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 20 | |||
Atkinson, George DSM J 14020 | |||||
Leading Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 23 | |||
Baker, Alfred Edward K 18233 | |||||
Leading Stoker | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 24 | |||
Baldwin, Christopher Oliver K 14537 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Born: 12-09-1894 | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 23 | ||
RN DoB 12/09/1893 | |||||
Bignell, William Henry J 44209 | |||||
Telegraphist | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 18 | |||
CWGC has 144209 and not the correct J 44209 | |||||
Cooke, Charles Harold (RNVR) Z 10637 | |||||
Ordinary Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 19 | |||
Dixon, George Russell M 19343 | |||||
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 28 | |||
Edwards, Benjamin Cogan 238694 | |||||
Leading Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 27 | |||
Ellis, Charles Edward DSM 220405 | |||||
Petty Officer | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 33 | |||
Fortnum, William 295188 | |||||
Stoker Petty Officer | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 37 | |||
Hanson, John William K 25244 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 24 | |||
Heale, George K 21877 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 25 | |||
Holmes, John William J 10315 | |||||
Petty Officer | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 24 | |||
Kemp, William George K 16280 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 24 | |||
Lillie, William Philip DSC | |||||
Lieutenant | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 22 | |||
Murray, Arthur Logan M 25535 | |||||
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 34 | |||
Norman, William Thomas 221480 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 31 | |||
Painting, James William Kircaldy K 18622 | |||||
Leading Stoker | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 28 | |||
Pankhurst, Arthur Richard 212340 | |||||
Leading Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 33 | |||
Pulleyne, Richard Ivor DSO* | |||||
Lieutenant | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 29 | |||
Commanding Officer | |||||
Richens, Percy Baron MID 237049 | |||||
Signalman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 27 | |||
Sargent, James Alfred K 18222 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 26 | |||
Scott, Frederick Charles J 19816 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 22 | |||
Smith, Herbert James J 11913 | |||||
Petty Officer | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 22 | |||
Smith, John K 23820 | |||||
Leading Stoker | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 22 | |||
Tanner, George Richard DSM* 196486 | |||||
Petty Officer | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 37 | |||
Tatham, Alan (RNR) DSM EA 1061 | |||||
Chief Engine Room Artificer | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 34 | |||
Tofts, Charles James K 12084 | |||||
Leading Stoker | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 25 | |||
Wynne, Hugh Donald (RNR) DSC | |||||
Lieutenant | Died: 20-07-1918 | Aged: 28 | |||
CWGC has Wynne, Hugh Tom Donald Served as Wynne, Hugh Donald | |||||
Events
27-01-1917 | Launched |
01-03-1917 | Completed |
20-07-1918 | Lost with all hands. The submarine had sailed from Harwich on the morning of 14th July 1918 with orders to lay a minefield off Vlieland and was reported lost on the 20th July 1918. No reason has been discovered for her loss, but it is possible that she was mined. There were no survivors. |
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