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E 6 (I 86)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E1
Fate: Mined off Harwich on 26th December 1915. Lost with all hands.
E6
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Commanders
1913: Lieutenant Commander   C P Talbot
1915: Lieutenant Commander   W J Foster

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

Supported the British surface fleet at the 'Battle of Helgoland'.

Roll of Honour
31
Died: 26-12-1915
Adams, Harry  293436
Chief Stoker Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 35
Barry, John  235923
Able Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 25
Bellingham, Harold William  K 19780
Stoker 1st Class Born: 04-03-1894 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 21
RN DoB 04/03/1895
Bowerman, George Joseph Hastings  235814
Telegraphist Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 27
Burnett, George Logan  271167
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 34
Cobb, Richard George  215722
Able Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 30
Coltart, William  177797
Petty Officer Born: 30-07-1877 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 38
RN DoB 30/07/1874
Coyles, George  K 19897
Stoker 1st Class Born: 28-06-1888 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 27
RN DoB 28/06/1889
Davies, Albert  302855
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 31
Desborough, William George  231819
Leading Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 28
Foster, William John 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 31
Commanding Officer
Gledhill, Alfred  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 26
Hammond, Stephen Harris  218264
Able Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 29
Horwood, William George  K 17401
Stoker 1st Class Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 21
Jackman, Arthur James  J 1781
Able Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 25
Jones, James Edward  K 10906
Stoker 1st Class Born: 07-07-1889 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 26
RN DoB 07/07/1890
Kipp, Alfred Charles  221166
Leading Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 29
Leaney, William  223480
Able Seaman Born: 13-06-1886 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 29
RN DoB 13/12/1886
Marrington, Arthur William  194256
Petty Officer Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 34
Norton, Frederick William  235842
Leading Signalman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 25
Phillott, Charles George Rodney 
Lieutenant Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 24
Potts, Leonard Guy  236000
Able Seaman Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 26
Rolland, James  M 12027
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 22
Slater, Ernest  311836
Leading Stoker Born: 18-05-1882 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 33
RN DoB 18/05/1885
Stevens, Ernest Edward  DSM 269451
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 39
Stewart, Robert  271900
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 26
Taylor, John  230074
Leading Seaman Born: 12-12-1888 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 27
RN DoB 12/12/1887.
Tuck, Francis Victor  K 6544
Stoker 1st Class Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 23
Wallis, William Guy  K 22270
Stoker 1st Class Born: 05-11-1892 Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 23
RN DoB 05/11/1890
Watts, John James  304498
Leading Stoker Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 31
Weatherston, Thomas  (RNR) EA1200
Engine Room Artificer Died: 26-12-1915 Aged: 24

Events

 12-09-1911   Laid Down
 12-11-1912   Launched
 15-10-1913   Completed
 26-12-1915   On 26th December 1915 HMS E6 left Harwich to carry out an anti-submarine patrol in the North Sea. As the submarine neared the Sunk Light Vessel she was signalled by a patrolling torpedo boat to keep clear. E6 continued on her course and within view of the torpedo boat struck a mine and disappeared.
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