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E 10 (I 90)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E2
Fate: Submarine E10 had been sent to patrol off the North-North West of Heligoland on 18th January 1915. The submarine parted company with the sister submarine E5 in the early evening of 18th January and was not seen again.

It was thought at the time that E10 was mined on or about 18th January, the recent discovery of the wreck of the submarine confirmed that she did hit a mine.

All hands were lost in this incident.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that the loss took place on 21 January 1915 which, it is assumed, is the day the submarine should have arrived back at Harwich.

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8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.

Roll of Honour
31
Ayling, Frank Stuart
236228
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 24
Able Seaman
Barby, Alexander Henry
237567
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Bathard, Alfred William
271401
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 34
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Blackburn, Layton
217575
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 30
Leading Seaman
Briggs, Henry Sydney
219065
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 28
Able Seaman
Collins, Charles Frederick
226346
Born: 17th Oct, 1885.
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 29
Able Seaman
RN DoB 17/10/1886
Cross, Frederick James
305745
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 29
Acting Leading Stoker
Driscoll, Henry James Thomas
J823
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Dyer, Arthur Edward (RNR)
188723
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 33
Petty Officer
Falconer, Percy Albert Gordon
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 26
Acting Lieutenant
Fraser, William St John
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 31
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
Gray, Edward William
M 1333
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 30
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Hannen, Frederick
K 7930
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 25
Stoker 1st Class
Hanson, Robert
270112
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 36
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
Hayler, William Middleton
J5130
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 21
Signalman
Hopkinson, Ernest
304121
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 29
Stoker 1st Class
Irish, Cranston John Henry
216724
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 28
Able Seaman
Keene, Alfred
K 6628
Born: 10th Jan, 1887.
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 28
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 10/01/1888
Lampard, Ernest William
K14536
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 20
Stoker 1st Class
Lawrence, Percy Herbert George
K 9196
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
McBain, William
K16457
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
Page, William
271400
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 32
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Phillips, Charles
282526
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 38
Chief Stoker
Rowan, Thomas
181381
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 35
Petty Officer
Thompson, Richard
195613
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 33
Petty Officer
Upton, Edward Ernest Llewelyn
224723
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 28
Leading Seaman
Walker, Percy
K 379
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 29
Leading Stoker
Weller, Sidney Herbert
K10135
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 23
Stoker 1st Class
Whitaker, Trevor (RNR)
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 23
Lieutenant
White, Philip William
J3618
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 22
Leading Telegraphist
Wright, Albert Edward
270556
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 36
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class

Events

10-07-1912  Laid Down
29-11-1913  Launched
10-08-1914  Completed
18-01-1915  HMS E10 sailed from Harwich for operations NNW of Heligoland. No further contact was made with the submarine after parting company with HMS E5 at 1950 on the evening of the 18th.

The recent discovery of the wreck of the submarine confirmed that she hit a mine.

All hands were lost in this incident.
E2 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
Comments

Comment by: David Falconer on July 13th, 2018

The finding of the E10 was a great surprise to our family. Decades wondering what happened to PAG Falconer; my great-uncle. Percy Albert Gordon had only been married a couple of weeks before the E10 sank.

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