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E 3 (I 83)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E1
Fate: Submarine E3 had been detailed to patrol off the Island of Borkum in the North Sea. However Submarine E3 was sighted, whilst on the surface, by the German U-Boat U-27.

The Commander of U-27 fired his torpedoes and sank E3. It is reported that four of the crew were seen in the water after the Submarine sank but the Commander of U-27 (Lieutenant Commander Bernhard Wegener) was unwilling to close the area to make a rescue as he was concerned that there was another British Submarine in the area.

When he finally closed the area of the sinking all four had vanished. As a result all of the crew of Submarine E3 died in the sinking.
E3
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Commanders
1914: Lieutenant Commander   G Cholmley

1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant
8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.

This boat was the first submarine loss of WWI.

She had wandered too far into the Western Ems looking for likely targets and was cut off by destroyers and sunk by a U-boat.

Roll of Honour
28
Died: 18-10-1914
Barrow, John Gerald 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 20
Beal, William Alexander  K 8664
Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 22
Beckwith, Percy  K 2496
Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 24
Blake, Charley Ellman  M 280
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 28
Cholmley, George Francis 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 32
Commanding Officer
Coutanche, Stanley Vernon  229936
Leading Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 26
Douglas, Alfred John  K 4408
Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 25
Edroff, Frederick Wallace  216669
Petty Officer Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 31
Harris, Herbert Joseph  175521
Petty Officer Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 37
Hellon, Richard Saunders  271113
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 34
House, Alfred Ernest  K 808
Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 24
Hunt, Albert Edward  235216
Able Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 25
Hunt, Fred  269555
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 37
Jones, Robert  215732
Able Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 28
Lowman, William George  J 10953
Able Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 20
Macfarlane, George Webster  160606
Chief Petty Officer Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 39
Matheson, Neil  287663
Chief Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 36
Merritt, Percy George  301550
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 31
Morgan, Alfred Lowe  223305
Signalman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 27
Querotret, Peter  210665
Able Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 29
Scott, Edgar  K 2072
Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 25
Scott, John Stuart Binny 
Lieutenant Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 26
Stothard, Joseph  M 987
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 27
Tanner, George Henry  222533
Leading Stoker Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 27
Taylor, George William  J 5939
Leading Seaman Born: 21-03-1890 Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 24
RN DoB 21/03/1889
Westrope, John William  201402
Leading Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 31
Whittington, Jesse  K 3399
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 23
Young, William  221404
Able Seaman Died: 18-10-1914 Aged: 28

Events

 27-04-1911   Laid Down
 29-12-1912   Launched
 29-05-1914   Completed
 18-10-1914   Sunk off Borkum Island by U27 - First submarine loss of WWI.
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