 HMS E4 | | E-class | | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | | Group | Surfaced | Submerged | | 1 | 652 tons | 795 tons | | 2/3 | 662 tons | 807 tons | | | Length: | | Group | | | 1 | 53.65 m | | 2/3 | 54.86 m | | | Beam: | 6.86 m | | Draught: | | Group | | | 1 | 3.68 m | | 2/3 | 3.81 m | | | Propulsion: | Twin-shift, 2 x 1,600 bhp Vickers diesel, 2 x 840 shp electric motors | | Speed: | | Surfaced | Submerged | | 15.25 knots | 9.75 knots | | | Range: | 325 nm surfaced, 24 days endurance | | Complement: | 3 officers, 28 ratings | | Armament: | | Group | Torpedoes | Guns | | 1 | 1 x 18" bow tube 2 x 18" beam tubes 1 x 18" stern tube 8 torpedoes | 1 x 12pdr deck gun | | 2/3 | 2 x 18" bow tube 2 x 18" beam tubes 1 x 18" stern tube 10 torpedoes | 1 x 12 pdr deck gun | | The Royal Navy's E-class of diesel/electric submarines were built between 1912 and 1916 and were the mainstay of the submarine fleet during the First World War. A total of 58 boats were built, including two constructed for the Royal Australian Navy. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1029x654, 50 KB)HMS E4, a British E class submarine. ...
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Boats
- Group 1
- Group 2
- E9 - Launched [[November 29, 1913.
- E10 - Launched November 29, 1913. Lost January 18, 1915.
- E11 - Launched April 23, 1914.
- E12 - Launched September 5, 1914.
- E13 - Launched September 22, 1914.
- E14 - Launched July 7, 1914. Mined & sunk, January 27, 1918.
- E15 - Launched April 23, 1914. Destroyed on April 19, 1915 in the Dardanelles.
- E16 - Launched [[September 23, 1914.
- E17 - Launched January 16, 1915.
- E18 - Launched March 4, 1915. Lost in May 1916.
- E19 - Launched May 13, 1915.
- E20 - Launched June 12, 1915. Torpedoed on November 5, 1915 in the Dardanelles.
- Group 3
- E21 - Launched July 24, 1915.
- E22 - Launched August 27, 1915. Torpedoed & sunk, April 25, 1916.
- E23 - Launched September 28, 1915.
- E24 - Launched December 9, 1915. Minelayer.
- E25 - Launched August 23, 1915.
- E26 - Launched November 11, 1915. Lost on July 6, 1916.
- E27 - Launched June 9, 1917.
- E29 - Launched June 1, 1915.
- E30 - Launched June 29, 1915. Lost on November 22, 1916.
- E31 - Launched August 23, 1915.
- E32 - Launched August 16, 1916.
- E33 - Launched April 18, 1916.
- E34 - Launched January 27, 1917. Minelayer.
- E35 - Launched May 20, 1916.
- E36 - Launched September 16, 1916. Lost on January 17, 1917.
- E37 - Launched September 2, 1915. Lost on December 1, 1916.
- E38 - Launched June 13, 1916.
- E39 - Launched May 18, 1916.
- E40 - Launched November 9, 1916.
- E41 - Launched October 22, 1915. Minelayer.
- E42 - Launched October 22, 1915.
- E43 - Launched November 11, 1915.
- E44 - Launched February 21, 1916.
- E45 - Launched January 25, 1916. Minelayer.
- E46 - Launched April 4, 1916. Minelayer.
- E47 - Launched May 29, 1916. Lost on August 20, 1917.
- E48 - Launched August 2, 1916.
- E49 - Launched September 18, 1916. Mined & sunk near Huney in the Shetland Islands, March 12, 1917.
- E50 - Launched November 13, 1916. Mined & sunk, February 1, 1918.
- E51 - Launched November 30, 1916. Minelayer.
- E52 - Launched January 25, 1917.
- E53 - Launched in 1916.
- E54 - Launched in 1916.
- E55 - Launched February 5, 1916.
- E56 - Launched June 19, 1916.cn:英國E級潛艇
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