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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

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