| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | E1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 7th March 1931 |
| 1913: | Lieutenant Commander | E de B Stocks | |
| 1914: | Lieutenant Commander | S Gravener | |
| 1914: | Lieutenant | P H Bonham-Carter | |
| 1915: | Lieutenant Commander | E de B Stocks |
Started life as D10
1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant
E2 operated on patrol in the Marmara with E11 with some success, between 13th August and 14th September, and also attempted to cut the Constantinople-Adrianople railway line by sending the First Lieutenant, Lt. L.V. Lyon, ashore with a demolition charge. Although a loud explosion was heard, nothing more was ever seen of Lyon.
E2 became entangled in nets during the passage up the Narrows which badly strained the gun mounting. It took some two days hard work before the gun was serviceable. Then, in an action with E11 against a Turkish 'Q' ship the mounting collapsed, but E2's hard-pressed engineering department once again effected temporary repairs that enabled the submarine, with E11, to carry out a very successful bombarment at Mudania.
Roll of Honour |
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| 14-02-1911 | Laid Down |
| 23-11-1911 | Launched |
| 30-06-1913 | Completed |
| 08-09-1915 | Submarine E2 under Lieutenant Commander David de B Stocks was operating in the Sea of Marmora when Lieutenant Lyon went missing. He was landed from E2 in an attempt to blow up a railway bridge near San Stephano (a similar feat to that performed previously by Lieutenant D'Oyly-Hughes of E11). Lieutenant Lyon was never seen again. |
| 02-01-1916 | The last British submarine to be recalled from the Marmara |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon. | |
Arriving in 1901, they heralded a new age of naval warfare. However, due to naval rivalries and hierarchies and an institutional misinterpretation of sumarine tactic and strategy, the British submarine service took a long time to grow. The First World War saw German success with U-Boat warfare but the British response was more inventive than effective - it included feasibility studies into the employment of sea lions and gulls to defeat the underwater menace. Full realisation of the submarine's fighting capabilities did not come until the Second World War. The advent of sonar, radar and the application of air power changed both the tools and tactics of war. In the post-war period submarines went 'nuclear' and played a pivotal role in the stratagems of the Cold War.
This knowledgeable and passionate account of submarine history is complimented by nearly 200 illustrations, from the crude beginnings to the highly technological present, and will appeal to those interested in the tactics and politics of war as well as those with a specialist interest in the submarine.
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon. | |
Arriving in 1901, they heralded a new age of naval warfare. However, due to naval rivalries and hierarchies and an institutional misinterpretation of sumarine tactic and strategy, the British submarine service took a long time to grow. The First World War saw German success with U-Boat warfare but the British response was more inventive than effective - it included feasibility studies into the employment of sea lions and gulls to defeat the underwater menace. Full realisation of the submarine's fighting capabilities did not come until the Second World War. The advent of sonar, radar and the application of air power changed both the tools and tactics of war. In the post-war period submarines went 'nuclear' and played a pivotal role in the stratagems of the Cold War.
This knowledgeable and passionate account of submarine history is complimented by nearly 200 illustrations, from the crude beginnings to the highly technological present, and will appeal to those interested in the tactics and politics of war as well as those with a specialist interest in the submarine.
18 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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