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E 39

Built By: Palmers (Tyne)/ Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne)
Build Group: E3
Fate: Sold 13th October 1921.
E 39
E 39

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Commanders
1916: Lieutenant   G S Walsh
1916: Lieutenant   F C C Kennedy
1918: Lieutenant   T C M Bellars
1918: Lieutenant   M Nailward

Roll of Honour
1
Boyton, William Arthur
Died: 31st Mar, 1917.
Able Seaman
Died following a fall

Events

 01-12-1914   Laid Down
 18-05-1916   Launched
 30-09-1916   Completed
E3 Specification
Length overall  181 ft
Beam  15 ft
Displacement   667 tons (surface)
  807 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  200 ft
Speed  Surface 15.25 knots (design)
  Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service)
  Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design)
  Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow tubes
  2 x 18 inch beam tubes
  1 x 18 inch stern tube
  (10 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 2-pounder gun
Endurance  Surface: 3000 miles at 10 knots (design)
  Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service)
  Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design)
  Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
Complement  3 Officers, 28 Ratings.
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