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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
Died: 05-11-1916
Brown, Henry Wilkinson  J 7134
Signalman Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 22
Coleman, Edward James  302288
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 35
Dendy, Darcy  K 11235
Stoker 1st Class Born: 18-11-1883 Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 32
RN DoB 18/11/1885
Dew, George  J 151
Leading Seaman Born: 03-08-1893 Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 23
RN DoB 03/02/1892
Fenner, Harold Haynes  K 3236
Stoker 1st Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 26
Hoy, Frederick William  301032
Stoker Petty Officer Born: 16-11-1884 Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 31
RN DoB 16/11/1883
Jolley, Sidney Harry  226676
Petty Officer Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 29
Keeling, William John  K 13396
Stoker 1st Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 24
Lonergan, Arthur  271886
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 26
Long, William  229249
Leading Stoker Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 28
Male, Harold Douglas  271885
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 26
Pope, William Charles  216624
Petty Officer Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 29
Rees, Tracey  270158
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 37
Rodgers, Percival Hall  K 2482
Stoker 1st Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 24
Rudd, Wallace Henry  J 12347
Telegraphist Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 20
Stanford, Harry Albert  K 9865
Stoker 1st Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 24
Symonds, Percy Horace Victor  K 302
Stoker 1st Class Born: 02-08-1889 Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 27
from Bodenham Hertfordshire.
At birth Symonds, Albert Percy Served as Symonds, Percy Horace Victor.
Thompson, Gilbert  J 3187
Able Seaman Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 22
Waters, Harry Limb  J 8325
Able Seaman Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 22
Webb, Ernest William Job  195407
Leading Seaman Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 33
Williams, Frank Edgar  M 3935
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 05-11-1916 Aged: 25
Died: 08-02-1917
Howard, Arthur James 
Able Seaman Died: 08-02-1917
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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