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E 37

Built By: Fairfield (Clyde)
Build Group: E3
Fate: E37 was lost on the night of 30th November/1st December 1916 although the CWGC Records quote a date of Sunday 3rd December 1916.

Lieutenant Commander Robert Fellowes Chisholm had sailed from Harwich in company with E54 (Lieutenant Commander Robert Raikes). It is thought that E37 was lost in a minefield off Orford Ness.

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8th Flotilla. Harwich.
Baltic Flotilla

Roll of Honour

30
Adams, John Rodway MID
235273
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 27
Leading Seaman
Alexander, James (RNR)
EA 1733
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 29
Engine Room Artificer
Archer, William Samuel
216685
Born: 31st May, 1886.
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 30
Petty Officer
RN DoB 31/05/1885
Barrenger, Herbert George
M 1522
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 22
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Chapman, William Henry
K 21466
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Chisholm, Robert Fellowes
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 32
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
Cowlard, Frank Thomas
J 1491
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Cran, Ernest
J 6921
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Edgcombe, Lambert Henry
J 3198
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 24
Leading Seaman
Ellender, Ernest
K19308
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 21
Stoker 1st Class
Emery, Harry
237705
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Greaves, Edward
J 10651
Born: 21st Nov, 1896.
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 20
Able Seaman
RN DoB 21/11/1894.
Harlock, Philip
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 23
Lieutenant
Havery, Ralph (RNR)
EA 924
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 26
Chief Engine Room Artificer
Headley, Alfred Norman (RNR)
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 31
Lieutenant
Hoodless, Joseph Charlton
J 7114
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 22
Signalman
Hourston, David
M 2807
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 21
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Jenks, Charles Thomas
230061
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 29
Leading Seaman
Matkin, Joseph Alfred
K 3242
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 26
Leading Stoker
May, Thomas Henry
K 8965
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Mellor, Horace Leonard
J 13179
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 22
Able Seaman
Mockridge, William
K 20060
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
Mutton, Thomas
230864
Born: 21st May, 1889.
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 27
Leading Seaman
RN DoB 21/05/1888
Parr, Charles John
K 38
Born: 17th Aug, 1891.
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 25
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 17/08/1889
Powell, Thomas Eckford
J 36119
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 18
Ordinary Telegraphist
Powell, Tom
SS 109778
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Sadler, Richard
K 19977
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
Salter, Ernest
K 16990
Born: 4th Feb, 1896.
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 20
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 04/02/1894
Urquhart, William
137549
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 45
Petty Officer
Woodger, George Edward
K 3353
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 28
Stoker Petty Officer
At birth Woodger, George Served as Woodger, George Edward.

Events

01-12-1914  Laid Down
02-09-1915  Launched
17-03-1916  Completed
01-12-1916  Lieutenant Commander Robert Fellowes Chisholm had sailed from Harwich in company with E54 (Lieutenant Commander Robert Raikes). It is thought that E37 was lost in a minefield off Orford Ness.
E3 Specification
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