D 4 (I 74)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | D |
| Fate: | Scrapped in December 1921. |
D4
D4
D1 and D4 and others at Torquay
Commanders
| TBA: | Lieutenant Commander | John Domvile Auchmuty Musters | |
| 1911: | Lieutenant | Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith | |
| 1914: | Lieutenant Commander | Kenneth M Bruce | |
| 1915: | Lieutenant | John R G Moncreiffe | |
| 1916: | Lieutenant | Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell | |
| 1918: | Lieutenant | Claud Barrington Barry |
1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant
First British submarine to be fitted with a gun
The shell case from the first shot to be fired from D4 can be seen on display in the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
Lieutenant Martin Eric Nasmith once took Winston Churchill, Roger Keyes and the future King George for a trip submerged across Plymouth Bay.
Events
| 24-02-1910 | Laid Down |
| 25-05-1911 | Launched |
| 29-11-1911 | Completed |
| 22-06-1915 | D4 had a lucky escape when she attacked the German minelayer Bielefeld which had gone aground in the Heligoland Bight. Her captain decided to sink the destroyer that was standing by the grounded minelayer before sinking Bielefeld. Unfortunately the torpedo missed and she found herself being hunted in the very shallow water (30 feet). The destroyer made repeated runs over the submarine in an attempt to ram the conning tower and they could do nothing but hope for the best. Eventually the destroyer made off and Moncreiffe was able to surface and sink the Bielefeld. |
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