E 19 (I 99)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | E2 |
| Fate: | Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army. The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel. |
E18 and E19 in the Baltic, 1915
E19 in Devonshire Dock
Commanders
| 1915: | Lieutenant Commander | F N Cromie | |
| 1915: | Commander | F N Cromie |
First addition to the Navys' war effort, she was built, launched, completed and delivered within 8 months.
8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.
1915 - Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1916 - Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1917 - Baltic Flotilla. Dvina, Revel (Tallin), Estonia.
1917 - Baltic Flotilla. Pamyat Azova, Helsingfors (Finland).
Was sent to join the Baltic Flotilla in support of the Russians in September 1915.
Sank two German submarines, one in November and one in December of 1915.
Sank the 'Gutrune', date not known.
The Gutrune. Sunk by E19.
Sank the 'Direktor Rippenhagen', date not known.
Sank the 'Nicodemia', date not known.
There is a possibility that the above were all sank on the same day.
Cromie was decorated by the Russians firstly for breaking through into the Baltic (Order of St. Vladimir), secondly with the Order of St. Anne after his first patrol. He was awarded with the Order of St. George for the dispatch of the Undine and invited to dine with the Tsar.
Unfortunately Cromie's feats were not recognised by the Admiralty until May of 1916 when he was awarded the DSO.
Cromie was appointed Senior Naval Officer, Baltic in 1916 and granted the rank of Acting Captain, he gave up command of E19 in May 1917.
Commander Cromie remained in Russia attached to the British Embassy instead of returning home with the remaining submarine crews.
He was murdered on the steps of the British Embassy in Petrograd, 31st August 1918.
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 24-02-1917 | |||||
| Baker, Thomas | |||||
| Leading Stoker | Died: 24-02-1917 | ||||
| Died from influenza/pneumonia | |||||
Events
| 27-11-1914 | Laid Down |
| 13-05-1915 | Launched |
| 12-07-1915 | Completed |
| 11-10-1915 | Sank 'Walter Leonhardt' |
| 11-10-1915 | Pursued the 'Germania' until she ran aground, left to natures fate. |
| 07-11-1915 | Sank the Cruiser Undine in the Baltic. |
| 03-04-1918 | Deliberately scuttled in the Baltic off Helsingfors to prevent their capture by the German Army. The Care and Maintenance Party (under Lieutenant Downie) who carried out the scuttling also destroyed all of the stores and torpedoes of the Baltic Flotilla before returning home safely via Petrograd & Archangel. |
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