| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | E3 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk by U18 in the North Sea on 25th April 1916. Two members of the crew picked up and landed at Zeebrugge. |
| 1915: | Lieutenant Commander | C H Warren | |
| 1916: | Lieutenant Commander | R T Dimsdale |
8th Flotilla - Harwich.
E22 carried two Sopwith Schneider seaplane scouts on her casing. The boat would then submerge in calm waters and the planes would float on the surface. They would then take off and then return to the East coast of England in Felixstowe. The trials were not repeated
On Tuesday 25th April 1916 E22 was on patrol in the North Sea. The submarine was hit and badly damaged by a single torpedo. This had been fired from the German U-Boat UB-18 (Lieutenant Commander Otto Steinbrink). E24 sank immediately.
There were two survivors out of the crew of thirty-three. The survivors were: Sig William Thomas George Harrod J10833 (who was the lookout) and ERA Frederick Samuel Buckingham M3549 who had gone onto the bridge to examine the air whistle just before the torpedo hit. Finding himself in the water he attempted (unsuccessfully) to assist Stoker 1st Class Patrick Flynn. He then assisted (also unsuccessfully) Lieutenant Carles.
Thomas Harrod and Frederick Buckingham were rescued by UB-18 and became a Prisoners of War for the duration in the Prison Camp at Dulmen in Westphalia.
Roll of Honour |
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| Bacon, Harry Sabin |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Bewers, William John Cornelius |
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| Chief Stoker | ||||||
| RN DoB 15/05/1877 | ||||||
| Brewer, James William |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 23/06/1894 | ||||||
| Carles, Alan James |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Carter, Fred |
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| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||||||
| Collier, Edward Des Forges (RNR) |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Dadford, Charles Herbert |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Dimsdale, Reginald Thomas |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Commanding Officer | ||||||
| Dumelow, William Henry |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Dwyer, Michael James |
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| RN DoB 08/01/1893. Actual 08/01/1892. At birth Dwyer, James Served as Dwyer, James. | ||||||
| Elliott, Wilfred |
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| Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 11/08/1880 | ||||||
| Flynn, Patrick |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Frost, Charles Albert |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Hayward, George John |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Hazelton, Harold |
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| Boy Telegraphist | ||||||
| Hingston, Richard Henry Basset |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Hood, Charles Robert |
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| Hoskin, John Cleave |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Hunt, Ernest William |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Jecock, George Webster |
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| Jelf, Ernest Samuel |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Norton, Harold Frank |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Organ, Frederick John |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Puckhaber, Herbert Albert Victor DSM |
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| Rayer, Arthur |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Regan, Edward Felix Owen |
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| Rook, William |
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| Skinner, William Henry |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| RN DoB 01/07/1891 | ||||||
| Skoyles, Henry Thomas |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Trebble, John |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Woodland, William Robert |
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| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||||||
| 25-11-1914 | Laid Down |
| 27-08-1915 | Launched |
| 08-11-1915 | Completed |
| 24-04-1916 | E22 was involved in experiments in the North Sea to intercept Zeppelins |
| 25-04-1916 | HMS E22 was on surface passage in the North Sea. At just after 1150 a torpedo fired from the German submarine UB18 struck the vessel sending her immediately to the bottom. Of the crew of 33 only two survived having been picked up by U18 and taken as Prisoners of War. ERA F S Buckingham and Signalman W T Harrod. |
He was a trailblazer for what would become known as the American Century: Isaac Rice was a law professor, magazine publisher, industrial entrepreneur and a hell of a salesman and exactly 100 years ago he sailed to England and pulled off another big deal. He sold the Royal Navy its first submarine.
The design of the Type XXI U-Boat was a radical step in the history of submarine development; indeed, the vessel could be said to have been the prototype of the modern conventionally-powered submarine
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He was a trailblazer for what would become known as the American Century: Isaac Rice was a law professor, magazine publisher, industrial entrepreneur and a hell of a salesman and exactly 100 years ago he sailed to England and pulled off another big deal. He sold the Royal Navy its first submarine.
The design of the Type XXI U-Boat was a radical step in the history of submarine development; indeed, the vessel could be said to have been the prototype of the modern conventionally-powered submarine
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