H.M.S. E 48 (1916)

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H.M.S. E 48 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.48[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 2 Aug, 1916[3]
Commissioned: Mar, 1917[4]
Sold: Jul, 1928[5]

H.M.S. E 48 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 17 January 1918 near Hierro Island in the Canaries, E 48 torpedoed Template:DE-U156, but the torpedo failed to explode.[6]

By May 1920, she was one of nine (later eight) "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to Dolphin.[7]

In March, 1925 she, L 6 and L 12 comprised Group "D" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Parkinson.[8]

In mid-1927 she was still in Group "D", which was now under the command of Arthur Salusbury Lindsell.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 85.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  6. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 14.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 764.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  10. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  11. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  12. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  13. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  14. Cox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/153. f. 153.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 764.
  16. Cox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/153. f. 153.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 251.
  18. Parkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/63. f. 63.
  19. Lindsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/147. f. 149.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  21. Lindsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/147. f. 149.

Bibliography


"E" Class Submarine
E 1 Group
E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5
E 6 E 7 E 8 AE 1 AE 2
E 9 Group
E 9 E 10 E 11 E 12 E 13
E 14 E 15 E 16 E 17 E 18
E 19 E 20 E 21 E 22 E 23
E 25 E 26 E 27 E 29 E 30
E 31 E 32 E 33 E 35 E 36
E 37 E 38 E 39 E 40 E 42
E 43 E 44 E 47 E 48 E 49
  E 50 E 52 E 53  
  E 54 E 55 E 56  
Minelayers
  E 24 E 34 E 41  
  E 45 E 46 E 51  
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