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. |
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 |
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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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