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E 1 (I 81)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: E1
Fate: Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army.

The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel.
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Commanders
1913: Lieutenant Commander   Noel Frank Laurence
1915: Commander   Noel Frank Laurence
1916: Lieutenant Commander   Athelstan Fenner

Started life as D9 Sent to the Baltic in 1914

1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant
1914: 8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.
1914: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin); ?>), Estonia.
1915: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1916: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1917: Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1917: Baltic Flotilla. Pamyat Azova, Helsingfors (Finland).

Along with E5 carried out a reconnaissance of the Kattegat in anticipation of forming the Baltic Flotilla.

One of five boats to penetrate the Baltic. She sailed in October 1914 along with E9 (Horton) and E11 (Nasmith). She was the first of the E boats to reach the Baltic.

Roll of Honour

1
Coe, William Greenall
Died: 13th Mar, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Died of influenza/pneumonia although TB had also been diagnosed.

Events

 14-02-1911   Laid Down
 09-11-1911   Launched
 06-05-1913   Completed
 18-10-1914   Attacked the Victoria Louise, the torpedoes missed as a result of running too deep.
 30-07-1915   Attacked and sank the transport Aachen
 19-08-1915   Damaged the German battlecruiser Moltke
 03-04-1918   Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army.

The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel.

Unofficial
E1 Specification
Length overall  181 ft
Beam  15 ft
Displacement   667 tons (surface)
  807 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  200 ft
Speed  Surface 15.25 knots (design)
  Surface 14 knots (service)
  Submerged 10.25 knots (design)
  Submerged 9.5 knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow tubes
  2 x 18 inch beam tubes
  1 x 18 inch stern tube
  (10 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 2-pounder gun
Endurance (Surface)  3000 miles at 10 knots (design)
(Surface)  1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service)
(Submerged)  99 miles at 3 knots (design)
(Submerged)  10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
Complement  3 Officers and 28 Ratings
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