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M 1

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: M
Fate: Rammed and was sunk on 12th November 1925 by SS Vidar off Start Point. Wreckage was not found until 1990 by Royal Navy and more recently by divers in 1999.

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M1
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M1 in port
M1
Commanders
1918: Commander  Max Kennedy Horton  
1921: Commander  Charles Gordon Brodie  
1925: Lieutenant Commander  Alec M Carrie  

Started life a K18. Served with the 6th Flotilla until October 1918.

Served in the Mediterranean under Horton until the Armistice.


The wreckage of M1 was not found until 1990 by the Royal Navy and more recently by divers in 1999.

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Roll of Honour
69
Died: 12-11-1925
Adams, Cecil Passey  J 52992
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Alexander, Arthur Horace  J 14439
Petty Officer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 30
Allen, William Charles  J 51725
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Andrews, Enoch James  J 39562
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Baby, Ernest Arthur  J 71374
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Baker, Edward Charles Goodchild  K 12959
Stoker Petty Officer Born: 10-01-1894 Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 31
RN DoB 10/01/1893
Ball, Harold  J 39475
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Ball, John Samuel  K 35977
Leading Stoker Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Bell, William McDonald  M 7020
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Bicker, Roland  224812
Chief Petty Officer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 38
Buttle, James Fry  J 22045
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 30
Carrie, Alec Murray 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Casey, Robert Cameron  (RAN)
Lieutenant Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Clark, Walter Thomas  J 98756
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 21
Cleaver, Edward George  K 58802
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Clough, Nelson Orlando  J 39878
Signalman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Cowling, Albert George  K 18120
Leading Stoker Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 31
Dearing, Leonard Andree Percy  J 78620
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 23
Dennis, William Francis  M 12651
Electrical Artificer 2nd Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 30
Dixon, Reginald Charles  231628
Petty Officer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 37
Duggan, Albert Frederick Harvey  J 62085
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Edden, Thomas Henry  M 14517
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Erskine, William  K 63811
Leading Stoker Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Joined with Service Number SS 120628 before signing for extended engagement and changing to K63811.
Evans, Albert  J 96697
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 21
Feltham, Frank  K 57863
Stoker 1st Class Born: 27-01-1902 Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 23
RN DoB 27/07/1901
Foley, John Frederick  J 48199
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Gardner, Charles  233422
Chief Stoker Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 37
Gay, Albert Arthur  J 62961
Telegraphist Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Good, Cyril Sidney 
Warrant Engineer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 44
Gore, Sidney John Ethelbert  DSM M 4730
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 34
In ADM 104 Series M4731
Harding, Gordon George  M 10953
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 35
Hewson, Philip  M 8641
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 29
Hobday, Albert Edmund  236378
Petty Officer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 41
Jewell, Henry George  J 48749
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Jones, Bertie William  J 20035
Petty Officer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 30
Kemble, George  K 10187
Leading Stoker Born: 06-02-1891 Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 34
RN DoB 06/02/1892
Kent, Arthur William  J 15182
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 29
Kidney, James  J53085
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Law, John William  J65730
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Littell, Robert Charles  M 35596
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 31
Lovering, Ernest Thomas  J 24879
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Manning, John  J 103109
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 20
Mansell, Cecil George Cobden  K 60530
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Martin, Charles James  J 90561
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 23
Millard, Harold  K 62220
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 22
Morgan, George Petvin  239799
Petty Officer Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 34
Morrisey, James  K 62857
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 20
Moyse, Victor Charles  J 23751
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Neighbour, Herbert Edward  J 89919
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 23
Nichols, David Richard  K 57987
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 25
Nicholson, William Frederick  J 19870
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 29
Pearson, William Adolphus  J 42467
Able Seaman Born: 04-05-1901 Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
RN DoB 04/05/1899.
Philpott, Thomas Walker 
Lieutenant Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Price, William Frederick  J 25784
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Sayers, Charles Alfred  J 31401
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Smith, Frederick William  J 9944
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 30
Spratley, Percival  J 69385
Telegraphist Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 24
Storey, Charles Clarence  K 58715
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 31
Styles, Reginald Percy  J 28159
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Tamblin, William John  J 94557
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 37
Taylor, Robert  J 41914
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Thorpe, Charles Arthur Robert 
Lieutenant Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Commander of M2
Turner, Walter Isaac  J 36092
Leading Signalman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Vaughan, William Charles Albert  J 32281
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 26
Washington, Sidney William  J 24170
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 27
Webster, Albert Ernest  J 92635
Leading Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 23
Williams, Henry Richard  K 56132
Stoker 1st Class Born: 24-03-1903 Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 22
RN DoB 24/03/1901
Wright, Charles Edwin  L 12944
Steward Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 22
Wright, Frederick George  J 99863
Able Seaman Died: 12-11-1925 Aged: 22

Events

01-07-1916 Laid Down
09-07-1917 Launched
17-04-1918 Completed
12-11-1925 M1 was rammed by the SS Vidal off Start Point and was lost without survivors.
Comments

Comment by: John Harlow on November 15, 2022

From memory, in 1919 after leaving HMSm E45 (a mine-layer) at her moorings at Harwich my grandfather (Charles T [Hookey] Walker) whom we always referred to as Pop transferred to HMSm M1. In both boats, he served as Forendsman which today I think he would have been called a torpedoman. Pop always remembered having very good skin as he often cleaned the outside surface of his torpedos with Sperm Oil (and used shark skin as an abrasive?)

Pop left M1 when she called into Chatham for a major refit in May 1925? In those days I believe it was usual for submariners to spend the last 6 months of their service on surface ships. Pop was assisted into civvie-street and about to leave the RN to work in the GPO when he was on a train and happened to see a newspaper headline announcing the loss of M1 with all hands after an underwater collision with the Swedish ship SS Vidar.

God bless all those 'still on patrol'.

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