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E 26

Built By: Beardmore (Clyde)
Build Group: E3
Fate: On 3rd July 1916 E26 was operating off the estuary of the Ems River when the submarine was attacked by German forces. Both gunfire and bombs were used. E26 did not return from her patrol. The crew were all lost.

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Commanders
1915: Lieutenant   E W Ryan

8th Flotilla. Harwich

E26 was taken over as part of the Emergency War Programme of 1914 having been ordered by the Turkish Navy, as one of a Class of two E Class Submarines. After commissioning the submarine joined the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Maidstone (8th Submarine Flotilla) at Harwich.

Lieutenant Ryan (CO of E26) started a Submariner dynasty. His son, Lt Patrick Edward James Ryan, RN served as a submariner but was lost in the Thetis accident in June 1939. His grandson, Cdr David Patrick Blackwood 'Paddy' Ryan, RN) also became a submariner serving in both Conventional and Nuclear submarines before retiring as a Commander. 'Paddy' Ryan's son (Lieutenant Patrick Douglas Blackwood Ryan) also joined the Royal Navy and qualified as a Submariner in 2004 and is believed to be the first 4th generation Submarine Officer from the one family.

Roll of Honour
31
 
Atkin-Berry, Harold Harding 
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Lieutenant Aged: 24
Burr, William  229915
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Leading Seaman Aged: 28
Caines, George William  J 1588
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
Dalgleish, James Bertram  J 32098
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Telegraphist Aged: 18
Denwood, Robert  M 10841
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 32
Devine, Thomas  J 10027 Born: 9th Jan, 1895. 
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
RN DoB 07/11/1894
Dixon, Charles Anthony  (RNR) EA 1172
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 25
Doman, George  K 19294 Born: 15th Jan, 1897. 
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker Aged: 19
RN DoB 15/01/1895
Fox, Herbert John  J 14172
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Green, William George  K 5619
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 25
At birth Green, George William Served as Green, William George.
Grimshaw, Harry  K 18444
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Gunn, Alexander John  (RNR)
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Temporary Acting Lieutenant Aged: 26
Hendry, John  K 15101
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Heslop, John Thomas  K 9619 Born: 25th Jan, 1891. 
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 25
RN DoB 25/01/1892
Hodge, Albert Tom  J 6648
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Lay, John Carter  K 5605
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Acting Leading Stoker Aged: 24
Lennon, Peter  K 6759
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker Aged: 24
Ley, Edward Percy  270586
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 35
Mabberly, Henry  M 634
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 29
Mansfield, William Reuben  K 1257
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Leading Stoker Aged: 26
Mathews, Reginald Thomas Phillips  J 2050
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Signalman Aged: 23
Mondy, William  237258
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Leading Seaman Aged: 25
Nicholls, George Cyril  K 16673
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Page, Arthur William  J 6798
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Powers, Albert Bennett  215132
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Petty Officer Aged: 31
Ryan, Edward William Blackwood 
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Lieutenant Aged: 28
Commanding Officer
Sansford, Arthur Slade Summers  173879 Born: 2nd Feb, 1877. 
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Petty Officer Aged: 39
RN DoB 02/02/1878
Stevenson, Frank  286766
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 38
Thompson, Albert Edward  K 22857
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Toogood, Edwin Albert  J 8520
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Yetman, William Henry  215179
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Petty Officer Aged: 32

Events

 03-10-1915   Completed
 11-11-1915   Launched
 02-07-1916   Lost

On 2nd July 1916 a German Patrol boat reported a trail of oil on the surface just off the Ems that was thought to be emanating from a submarine. The following day German forces attacked a British submarine with both gunfire and bombs. E26 did not return from her patrol. The crew were all lost.
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