HMS E15
Wreck of the E15 inspected by Turkish and German personnel.
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History | |
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Name | E15 |
Laid down | 14 October 1912 |
Launched | 23 April 1914 |
Commissioned | 1914 |
Fate | Run aground on 16 April, destroyed 18 April 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | E-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 54.86 m (180 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | Twin-shaft, 2 × 800 bhp Vickers diesel, 2 × 420 shp electric motors |
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Range | 325 nm surfaced |
Endurance | 24 days |
Complement | 3 officers, 28 ratings |
Armament |
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HMS E15 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1914.
Design
Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E15 had a displacement of 662 long tons (673 t) at the surface and 807 long tons (820 t) while submerged. She had a total length of 180 feet (55 m)[1] and a beam of 22 feet 8.5 inches (6.922 m). She was powered by two 800 horsepower (600 kW) Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two 420 horsepower (310 kW) electric motors.[2][3] The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a submerged speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of 50 long tons (51 t) of diesel and ranges of 3,255 miles (5,238 km; 2,829 nmi) when travelling at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[1] E15 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).
As with most of the early E-class boats, E15 was not fitted with a deck gun during construction but, as a vessel engaged in the Dardanelles campaign, later had a
E-class submarines had wireless systems with 1 kW power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to 3 kW systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was 100 feet (30 m) although in service some reached depths of below 200 feet (61 m). Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.[1] Her complement was three officers and 28 men.[1]
Service history
During
The stranding was soon noticed by aeroplanes of the
Finally, on the night of 18 April, two 17-metre (56 ft)
The E15 action would no doubt have earned Robinson the
E15 remains off Kepez Point in 8 m of water. The bodies of Lieut. Commander Brodie and several crew, initially buried on a beach nearby, were reinterred at the
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4728-0035-0.
- ^ ISBN 1-904381-05-7
- ^ "E Class". Chatham Submarines. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0-7183-0601-5
- ^ Stoker, H. D. G. (1925). Straws in the Wind. Herbert Jenkins Ltd., London. [Submarine actions in the Dardanelles; includes the story of Lt. G. Fitzgerald RNR, E15 navigator, whilst a POW in Turkey]
- ISBN 0-900963-63-8
- ^ "Noonans Mayfair: Auctioneers and Valuers".
External links
- 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Theodore Stuart Brodie - The Dreadnought Project