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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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Commanders
1916: Lieutenant Commander   G W W Napier

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

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.
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