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E 24

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E3ML
Fate: E24 sailed from Harwich on Tuesday 21 March 1916 with orders to carry out a Mine Laying Operation in the Heligoland Bight.

The Submarine did not return from this operation and is assumed to have been mined on or about Friday 24 March 1916.

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9th Flotilla. Harwich.

This boat was the second E boat to be converted to a minelayer, the first being E41.

The wreck of E24 was mistakenly salvaged in 1973 and inspection of the hull confirmed mine damage. The CWGC Records indicate that the remains of twenty five submariners were recovered from the wreck of E24 and that, in July 1973, these remains were subsequently buried in the Hamburg Cemetery.

Examination of the submarine confirmed the mine-tubes were empty and that it was most likely that E24 was sunk by a German minefield.

Submarine E24 is commemorated on a memorial in the Churchyard at Sullington in Sussex.

Roll of Honour
35
Bastarrechea, Isaac
271517
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 34
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
At birth Bass, Isaac but served as Basstarrechea, Isaac
Bennett, William
K 11735
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 27
Leading Stoker
Bibbey, Harry Lace
K 13947
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
Birch, Russell Ernest
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 24
Lieutenant
Brown, Ernest Samuel
K 21761
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
Carpenter, Alec
J 9416
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 21
Leading Telegraphist
Chadwick, Alfred Samuel David
231479
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 27
Able Seaman
Connolly, Cornelius
K 21324
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 21
Stoker 1st Class
Deves, George Edward
K 19163
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 21
Stoker 1st Class
At birth Sibley, George Edward, but served as Deves, George Edward.
Egan, Frederick
J 8844
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Fitzwater, Samuel David Mitchell
271709
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 27
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Flack, Arthur James
239733
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 24
Leading Signalman
Ford, Albert Edward
310468
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 29
Leading Stoker
Gange, Edwin Wallace
J 6270
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 22
Able Seaman
Greiffenhagen, Rider Maurice Waterhouse
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 24
Lieutenant
Harris, George Alexander (RNR)
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 28
Temporary Lieutenant
Hawke, Walter Hubert
237738
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 25
Leading Seaman
Keat, Henry
209295
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 33
Leading Seaman
Kelley, William Luxton
K 9685
Born: 1st Mar, 1894.
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 01/03/1890
Kerswill, Cuthbert Henry
235202
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 27
Able Seaman
Kirby, Thomas Arthur
233418
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman
Lovell, Victor Harold Campbell
270685
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 34
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Maeers, Harry
236964
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman
Martin, Norman
M 508
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 23
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Naper, George Wyatt Edgell
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 31
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
Oakley, George
286552
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 37
Stoker Petty Officer
Rogers, Richard Henry
232625
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 26
Petty Officer
Scarlett, Edward
271096
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 34
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
Sewell, Walter Henry
227577
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman
Taylor, Stephen Thomas
K 22859
Born: 21st Feb, 1893.
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 23
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 21/02/1891
Trendell, Frederick Arthur
J 3319
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Watts, William John
K 11064
Born: 16th Feb, 1894.
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 16/02/1893
Willcox, Ernest
K12550
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
At birth Clark, Ernest Fielding but served as Wilcox, Ernest
Wilson, Robert Hopkins
M 3333
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 26
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
At birth Wilson, Robert Hopkins but also served as Bullen, Robert Hopkins
Witchell, Walter
K 10223
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 26
From: Yeovil, Somerset
Stoker 1st Class

Events

09-12-1915  Launched
10-01-1916  Completed
07-03-1916  E24 became the first British Mine laying Sub to begin operational mine laying in the mouth of the River Elbe.
24-03-1916  HMS E24 disappeared

On the morning of 21st March 1916 E24 sailed from Harwich for mine-laying operations at Helegoland Bight. The submarine failed to return from this operation and was believed to have struck a mine.

In 1973 her hull was mistakenly salvaged, inspection of the hull indicated that the submarine had indeed hit a mine.
E3ML Specification
Length overall  181 ft
Beam  15 ft
Displacement   667 tons (surface)
  807 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  200 ft
Speed  Surface 15.25 knots (design)
  Surface 14 knots (service)
  Submerged 10.25 knots (design)
  Submerged 9.5 knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow tubes
  2 x 18 inch beam tubes
  1 x 18 inch stern tube
  (10 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 2-pounder gun
Endurance  Surface: 3000 miles at 10 knots (design)
  Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service)
  Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design)
  Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
Complement  3 Officers, 28 Ratings
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