B 1 (I 21)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | B |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking 25/8/1921 to A J Andersen but resold on 2/5/1922 to J Smith of Poole. |
Commanders
| 1904: | Lieutenant Basil Beal |
1914-15: 2nd Flotilla, Portsmouth
Spent the First World War in Home waters where it helped screen the movement of the British Expeditionary Force to France in August 1914.
The operational career of the boat in home waters was brief and none of the B Class which were operating in home waters was on active service by the end of 1916.
By this time they were being used for training, experimental duties or paid off.
Roll of Honour |
1
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| Died: 16-06-1916 | |||||
| Grinham, George Rowley O/N 219516 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 12-09-1886 | Died: 16-06-1916 | Aged: 29 | ||
| from Croydon, Surrey | |||||
| Accidentally lost overboard and drowned. George Grinham was the son of Douglas Grinham, a painter. He joined Submarines on 1st January 1916. George Grinham was the husband of Elsie Gertrude Grinham (nee Randall) who he married in the Church of St Mary Magdalen in Addiscombe in Surrey on 13th January 1908. |
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Events
| 25-10-1904 | Launched |
| 16-04-1905 | Completed |
| 16-06-1916 | A member of the crew of B1 was accidentally lost overboard and drowned. He was Able Seaman George Rowley Grinham O/N 219516 |
| 25-08-1921 | Sold for breaking to A J Andersen but resold on 2/5/1922 to J Smith of Poole. |
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