| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | E2 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap in Malta in March 1921. |
One of three boats which sailed in October 1914 E9 (Horton) and E1 (Laurence) to penetrate the Baltic. She was hounded by bad luck in respect of her engines which gave continual trouble.
At the time of her attempt the Germans had been alerted and there was much shipping in her vicinity, steamers and what gave most concern destroyers, in addition to this she was harassed by a German seaplane.
By the 22nd of October 1914 with the crew exhausted Nasmith returned to Harwich.
Nasmith was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Marmara in June 1915.
During her patrols in the Marmara E11 destroyed 122 ships, many of these were small craft but this did not deter from E11's nickname of 'Scourge of the Marmara'.
The following information came from Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith, the grandson of Lt M E Nasmith.
E11's second patrol in the Marmara in fact ran from 1.30 am on August 5th until 9.15 am on September 3rd, and the Periscope was damaged on 23rd May.
I enclose the Patrol Report entry for that day.
23rd May
Some of the dates and types of vessels sunk during the third patrol do not quite tie up, so I enclose the list that was attached to the report for that patrol.
TOTAL
11 STEAMERS
5 LARGE SAILING VESSELS
30 SMALL SAILING VESSELS
GRAND TOTAL 46 VESSELS
Henry Mayne was accidentally lost over board in the Mediterranean about 150 miles from Malta on 20th July 1915. E11's First Lieutenant, Lieutenant Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, jumped in to save him but Mayne was lost. D'Oyly-Hughes was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society in 1915 for his efforts to save Mayne.
Henry Dench Mayne DSM (O/N 293347) served as a submariner from 8th December 1906 to 22nd September 1908 and from 14th November 1911 to 25th July 1915 in Submarines E9 & E11. He served in E11 at the Dardanelles and was on board for that Submarine's first patrol in the Sea of Marmora and he was awarded the DSM.
Henry Mayne was born in Fishbourne in Sussex and he was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Mayne. He was the thirty nine year old husband of Elizabeth Jane Mayne of Ingleside Cottage, Old Fishbourne, Chichester, Sussex.
Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric Nasmith
For most conspicuous bravery in command of one of His Majesty's Submarines (HMS E11) while operating in the Sea of Marmara.
HMS E11 was one of the most successful submarines in action during the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign against Turkey, sinking more than 80 vessels of all sizes in three tours of the Sea of Marmara
Prize Bounty or Head Money was a grant from the Crown out of moneys provided by Parliament as a reward for the sinking or capture of an armed vessel belonging to enemy forces, and intended primarily as an encouragement of personal gallantry and enterprise.
Petty Officer 1st Class Albert George Hodder
Petty Officer 1st Class Albert George Hodder was one of the crew of Submarine HMS E11 who is reported to have died in an accident on 4th Feb 1915.
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| Mayne, Henry Dench DSM |
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| 13-07-1912 | Laid Down |
| 23-04-1914 | Launched |
| 19-09-1914 | Completed |
| 18-05-1915 | E11, commanded by Lt-Cmdr Martin Nasmith passed through the Dardanelles during the night. Surfacing off the town of Gallipoli, Nasmith captured a Turkish sailing vessel and lashed it to the conning tower to act as a disguise. This ruse failed to attract any targets, so after several days he abandoned it. |
| 22-05-1915 | Sustained damage to one of her periscopes during an engagement with the Turkish gunboat Pelenki Deria on 22nd May 1915. Nasmith despatched the gunboat with a torpedo but the crew continued to fire at E11's periscope as their ship sank beneath them. One shell took a neat piece out of the periscope and for the rest of the patrol Nasmith had to operate with only one periscope. During this patrol on the 25th May Nasmith entered Constantinople harbour and carried out attacks on shipping. |
| 23-05-1915 | Travelling up the Sea of Marmara, Ell sank a gunboat and several other small craft. |
| 24-05-1915 | Travelling up the Sea of Marmara, E11 sank two Turkish transport ships and drove another agound. |
| 26-05-1915 | A torpedo from E11 struck the transport ship Stamboul and E11 dived to escape from shore-based artillery. This had been the first attack at Constantinople by an enemy vessel in more than 100 years. The Ell attack caused a major panic in the city. |
| 08-07-1915 | E11 torpedoed the antiquated Turkish battleship Hirredin Barbarosa off Bulair at the northern entrance to the Dardanelles. |
| 20-07-1915 | E11 moved into the Gulf of Izmir and during the night the submarine's first officer, Lt Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, swam ashore and blew up a section of the Constantinople to Baghdad railway line, a feat for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. |
| 20-07-1915 | Stoker Henry Mayne was accidentally lost over board in the Mediterranean about 150 miles from Malta. E11's First Lieutenant, Lieutenant Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, jumped in to save him but Mayne was lost. D'Oyly-Hughes was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society in 1915 for his efforts to save Mayne. |
| 06-08-1915 | Sank the Gunboat Berki Satvet in the Sea of Marmara. |
| 08-08-1915 | E11's second patrol was crowned by the sinking of the Turkish battleship Heireddin Barbarossa |
| 20-11-1915 | Sank the Gunboat Sevket Numa in the Sea of Marmara. |
| 03-12-1915 | Sank Torpedo Boat Yar Hissar in the Sea of Marmara |
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| Class: | 1915 - 1929: J Class |
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| Build Group: | J |
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Fate: Scrapped in January 1926. |
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A World War 2 drama that highlights the characters (all aged only between 19 and 23 years) as much as the actual events.
The British submarine Sea Tiger's crew is looking forward to a long shore-leave after months at sea. This is cut short when they are ordered to pursue and sink the German battleship Brandenburg. The crew's sub-Commander (John Mills) struggles to fulfil the mission despite discovering that the battleship is heavily defended.
Along the way Sea Tiger encounters many obstacles and once the crew has attempted to sink the battleship they have to escape knowing that they are about to run out of fuel.
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| Class: | 1915 - 1929: J Class |
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| Build Group: | J |
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Fate: Scrapped in January 1926. |
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A World War 2 drama that highlights the characters (all aged only between 19 and 23 years) as much as the actual events.
The British submarine Sea Tiger's crew is looking forward to a long shore-leave after months at sea. This is cut short when they are ordered to pursue and sink the German battleship Brandenburg. The crew's sub-Commander (John Mills) struggles to fulfil the mission despite discovering that the battleship is heavily defended.
Along the way Sea Tiger encounters many obstacles and once the crew has attempted to sink the battleship they have to escape knowing that they are about to run out of fuel.
12 pages added or updated in the last Array month
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