| 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. |
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 |
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| Atkin-Berry, Harold Harding |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Burr, William |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Caines, George William |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Dalgleish, James Bertram |
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| Telegraphist | ||||||
| Denwood, Robert |
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| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||||||
| Devine, Thomas |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| RN DoB 07/11/1894 | ||||||
| Dixon, Charles Anthony (RNR) |
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| Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||||||
| Doman, George |
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| Stoker | ||||||
| RN DoB 15/01/1895 | ||||||
| Fox, Herbert John |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Green, William George |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| At birth Green, George William Served as Green, William George. | ||||||
| Grimshaw, Harry |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Gunn, Alexander John (RNR) |
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| Temporary Acting Lieutenant | ||||||
| Hendry, John |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Heslop, John Thomas |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 25/01/1892 | ||||||
| Hodge, Albert Tom |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Lay, John Carter |
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| Acting Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Lennon, Peter |
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| Stoker | ||||||
| Ley, Edward Percy |
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| Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||||||
| Mabberly, Henry |
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| Mansfield, William Reuben |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Mathews, Reginald Thomas Phillips |
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| Signalman | ||||||
| Mondy, William |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Nicholls, George Cyril |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Page, Arthur William |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Powers, Albert Bennett |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Ryan, Edward William Blackwood |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Commanding Officer | ||||||
| Sansford, Arthur Slade Summers |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| RN DoB 02/02/1878 | ||||||
| Stevenson, Frank |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Thompson, Albert Edward |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Toogood, Edwin Albert |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Yetman, William Henry |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| 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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