E 4 (I 84)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | E1 |
| Fate: | Lost with all hands in collision with E41 on 15th August 1916. Salvaged and put back into service. Sold 21st February 1922. |
Commanders
| 1913: | Lieutenant | Ernest William Leir | |
| 1916: | Lieutenant Commander | J Tenison |
1914 - 8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.
Supported the British surface fleet at the 'Battle of Helgoland'.
Lt. E.W. Leir was affectionately known as the 'Arch Thief' who plundered His Majesty's Navy of anything portable and about whom it was said that only his DSO was earned honestly.
Leir carried out the first major rescue by a submarine. After an engagement with the German destroyer V187 which was sunk, HMS Defender had lowered boats to pick up survivors when a German cruiser arrived on the scene.
Though everyone had been ordered to retire, Leir surfaced and took on board an officer and nine ratings from the Defender and one officer and two men from the German destroyer. He provided the rest of the Germans with boats, food and compass to get them back to Heligoland.
Roll of Honour |
32
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| Bacon, Cyril K15163 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Stoker | Aged: 22 | ||
| Bacon, James K18571 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Stoker | Aged: 22 | ||
| Bagwell, Andrew J9207 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 22 | ||
| Baker, Henry Thomas (RNVR) Tyne 5/158 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer | Aged: 23 | ||
| Baldock, Alfred Henry J5988 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Bennett, George Henry K14986 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Stoker | Aged: 24 | ||
| Broad, Alfred Henry J6514 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Carpenter, Henry George 228307 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 29 | ||
| Cooley, Frank Henry J1314 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
| Denison, John J44783 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Boy Telegraphist | Aged: 17 | ||
| Dudley, Charles Henry K 6508 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 26 | ||
| Dundee-Hooper, Stewart Briscoe | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 23 | ||
| Fenwick, William Thackray J3846 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 21 | ||
| Gadsby, William Wallace 294719 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Petty Officer Stoker | Aged: 36 | ||
| Gibson, John William K 7355 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 22 | ||
| Halls, William Charles Edward K 21878 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Stoker | Aged: 25 | ||
| Hewlett, Harry 310896 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 30 | ||
| Hodgson, Ronald William M 1500 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer | Aged: 22 | ||
| Hunter, William (RNR) | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 29 | ||
| Jolliffe, Francis Henry 219416 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 32 | ||
| Matthews, Frank Richardson 229890 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 29 | ||
| Millard, Jocelyn Alfred M3565 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer | Aged: 26 | ||
| Nichols, Frederick Noel 219985 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 31 | ||
| Preskett, Harry J1004 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 29 | ||
| Repper, Charles 227906 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 29 | ||
| Salisbury, James Henry 201219 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 34 | ||
| Smith, Leonard Williams J9412 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Leading Telegraphist | Aged: 22 | ||
| Snow, Sidney K 2650 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Stoker | Aged: 30 | ||
| Tenison, Julian Tenison | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Lieutenant Commander | Aged: 31 | ||
| Tovey, Maurice William J1071 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Signalman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Ward, John James K11010 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Stoker | Aged: 29 | ||
| Warwick, John Coster M 6325 | |||
| Died: 15th Aug, 1916. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer | Aged: 28 | ||
Events
| 16-05-1911 | Laid Down |
| 05-12-1912 | Launched |
| 04-01-1913 | Completed |
| 15-08-1916 | Whilst carrying out anti submarine exercises in the North Sea, HMS E41 acting as a target, had begun a surface passage of 12 knots when HMS E4s periscope appeared 50 yards off her starboard bow, on a collision course. E41 stopped her engines but not before E4 collided forward of the bridge. E41 began to take in water through the forward battery compartment and began to sink by the bow. In less than two minutes the conning tower was under the water. HMS Firdrake, who had been monitoring the exercise, took less than two minutes to reach the scene of the collision to pick up survivors. There were no survivors from E4. Both submarines were eventually located and salvaged for return to service, although E41 never served again. |
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