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E 20 (I 69)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E2
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk on 5th November 1916 by German U-boat U14 in the Sea of Marmara
E20 was fitted with a 6 inch gun
E20 was fitted with a 6 inch gun

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Commanders
1915: Lieutenant Commander   C H Warren

Immediately after Commissioning, Submarine E20 was sent to the Mediterranean to bolster Submarine Operations at the Dardanelles.

E20 entered the Sea of Marmora and was programmed to rendezvous with the French submarine Turquoise on 6th November 1915 to co-ordinate plans. Unfortunately the details of the rendezvous position (40°45'N 28°10'E) were captured by the Turks after the Turquoise had run aground and was abandoned by its Officers and Crew.

The position and time of the rendezvous was passed to the Commanding Officer of the German U-Boat UB-14 (Lieutenant von Heimburg). Whilst E20 was waiting on the surface at the rendezvous point the submarine was torpedoed by UB-14.

The following personnel made up the crew of E20. Of these ten survived to be taken Prisoner of War (one died whilst still a Prisoner) & twenty one were lost in the sinking. Those who died are listed below.

Roll of Honour
22
 
Brown, Henry Wilkinson  J 7134
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Signalman Aged: 22
Coleman, Edward James  302288
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 35
Dendy, Darcy  K 11235 Born: 18th Nov, 1883. 
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 32
RN DoB 18/11/1885
Dew, George  J 151 Born: 3rd Aug, 1893. 
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Leading Seaman Aged: 23
RN DoB 03/02/1892
Fenner, Harold Haynes  K 3236
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
Hoy, Frederick William  301032 Born: 16th Nov, 1884. 
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 31
RN DoB 16/11/1883
Jolley, Sidney Harry  226676
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Petty Officer Aged: 29
Keeling, William John  K 13396
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Lonergan, Arthur  271886
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Long, William  229249
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Leading Stoker Aged: 28
Male, Harold Douglas  271885
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Pope, William Charles  216624
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Petty Officer Aged: 29
Rees, Tracey  270158
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 37
Rodgers, Percival Hall  K 2482
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Rudd, Wallace Henry  J 12347
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Telegraphist Aged: 20
Stanford, Harry Albert  K 9865
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Symonds, Percy Horace Victor  K 302 Born: 2nd Aug, 1889. 
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 27
At birth Symonds, Albert Percy Served as Symonds, Percy Horace Victor. from Bodenham Hertfordshire.
Thompson, Gilbert  J 3187
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Waters, Harry Limb  J 8325
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Webb, Ernest William Job  195407
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Leading Seaman Aged: 33
Williams, Frank Edgar  M 3935
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
 
Howard, Arthur James 
Died: 8th Feb, 1917.
Able Seaman
Died from illness in the POW Camp at Angora

Events

 25-11-1914   Laid Down
 12-06-1915   Launched
 30-08-1915   Completed
 06-11-1915   On 30th October 1915 the French submarine Turquoise ran aground near Nagara Point, in the Dardanelles. With the submarine directly under the Turkish shore batteries the French crew hastily abandoned ship. Unfortunately for E20, who was due to rendezvous with the Turquoise, the French Captain had failed to destroy his confidential papers. The Germans now knew of the rendezvous and dispatched U14 to intercept the unsuspecting E20

U14 first sighted E20 at 1600 and at 1700 at a range of 550 yards she fired a single torpedo scoring a direct hit.
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