B 10 (I 20)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | B |
| Fate: | On 9th August 1916, B10 was tied up alongside the Depot Ship Marco Polo in Venice. During an air raid by Austrian aircraft B10 was damaged by a bomb and sank. The Submarine was later raised and placed in dry dock for refit/repair. During these repairs the Submarine was set on fire by a welder's torch and was written off. Sold to the Italian government for scrap. |
B 10 (I 20)
Commanders
| 1914: | Lieutenant | S Gravener | |
| 1916: | Lieutenant | Kenneth Michell |
1914: Attached to Mediterranean Fleet, Tenedos.
Adriatic Squadron, 1915. Marco Polo, Venice.
Dardanelles Flotilla. Hindu Kush at Mudros, Lemnos
Served in the Mediterranean and was sent to Venice along with B6 and B8. She was the first submarine to be sunk by aircraft. Having returned from patrol and berthed alongside the depot ship Marco Polo, she was found to have sunk after an air raid.
She was salvaged and placed in dock for repairs. A fire was started by an Italian using cutting gear near one of B10's petrol tanks which remained un-emptied. The dock was flooded, whether by accident, panic or design and the destruction of the boat was complete.
She unsuccessfully attacked an Austrian merchant ship in June of 1916.
Two members of the crew of Submarine B10 were lost on 2nd January 1915. They were both washed overboard when the submarine was charging batteries during a patrol north of the island of Tenedos. One was picked up but died without regaining consciousness. The other was not recovered.
Renamed S10 after being converted to a patrol boat.
Roll of Honour |
2
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| Died: 02-01-1915 | |||||
| Hobby, Francis William 229789 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 02-01-1915 | Aged: 28 | |||
| from Blackfriars, Southgate St., Gl UK | |||||
| Washed overboard when the submarine was charging batteries during a patrol north of the island of Tenedos | |||||
| Thomas, Harry J/4016 | |||||
| Signalman | Died: 02-01-1915 | ||||
| Washed overboard when the submarine was charging batteries during a patrol north of the island of Tenedos | |||||
Events
| 23-03-1906 | Launched |
| 31-05-1906 | Completed |
| 09-08-1916 | Aircraft of the Austrian Naval Air Service raided the port of Venice. HMS B10 was lost as she was tied up after taking part in the blockade of Pola alongside the Italian Cruiser Marco Polo, which was acting as depot ship. |
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