E 41
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | E3ML |
| Fate: | 15/8/1916 - Sank off Harwich after collision with HMS E4 Scrapped in September 1922 |
E 41
Commanders
| 1915: | Lieutenant Commander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC |
| 1916: | Lieutenant A M Winser |
8th Flotilla. Harwich.
Roll of Honour |
16
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| Died: 15-08-1916 | |||||
| Ashby, Christopher John 236506 | |||||
| Petty Officer | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 27 | |||
| Beail, Albert Victor 228842 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 29 | |||
| Calvo, George K14055 | |||||
| Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 22 | |||
| Daniels, Charles Ceal K 22606 | |||||
| Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 21 | |||
| Evans, Jack K 9478 | |||||
| Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 25 | |||
| Frewer, Walter 312441 | |||||
| Leading Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 28 | |||
| Garland, John 310934 | |||||
| Leading Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 35 | |||
| Gaunt, Frederick Henry J6168 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 22 | |||
| Grant, William Alexander 223970 | |||||
| Leading Seaman | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 30 | |||
| Gribble, Frederick K 2533 | |||||
| Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 29 | |||
| Klemp, Charles Thomas (RNR) 99 | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 25 | |||
| Monckton, Sidney M 2665 | |||||
| Engine Room Artificer | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 23 | |||
| Roach, George Frederick J12094 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 22 | |||
| Saywell, Herbert Nelson M 3326 | |||||
| Engine Room Artificer | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 24 | |||
| Stewart, Alfred George J7784 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 24 | |||
| Wells, John K17402 | |||||
| Stoker | Died: 15-08-1916 | Aged: 23 | |||
Events
| 22-10-1915 | Launched |
| 01-02-1916 | Completed |
| 15-08-1916 | Whilst carrying out anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea, HMS E41 acting as a target, had begun a surface passage of 12 knots when HMS E4s periscope appeared 50 yards off her starboard bow, on a collision course. E41 stopped her engines but not before E4 collided forward of the bridge. E41 began to take in water through the forward battery compartment and began to sink by the bow. In less than two minutes the conning tower was under the water. HMS Firdrake, who had been monitoring the exercise, took less than two minutes to reach the scene of the collision to pick up survivors. There were no survivors from E4. Both submarines were eventually located, salvaged for return to service, although E41 never served again. NOTE: William Brown’s survival was remarkable - he found himself trapped alone inside E41 when the submarine sank. By his own efforts and his extensive knowledge of the submarine systems he managed in darkness to isolate the compartment, flood and equalise the space and make a free ascent escape reaching the surface successfully about half an hour after the collision. |
Comments
Comment by: William de Villiers on January 3, 2020
E41 was salvaged and subjected to an extensive re-fit. Lieutenant-Commander Norman D. Holbrook, VC, was appointed in command on commissioning in February, 1917, and she served thereafter in the 9th Submarine Flotilla, based on H.M.S. Maidstone at Harwich. She was sold for scrapping in 1922.
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