HMS E2
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:HMS E2 Dardanelles 1915 AWM H10335.jpeg, circa. August 1915]] |Ship caption=Lt-Cmdr D de B Stocks on deck after a mission in the Dardanelles, circa. August 1915 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name= E2 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=HM Dockyard, Chatham |Ship laid down=14 February 1911 |Ship launched=23 November 1912 |Ship acquired= |Ship completed= 30 June 1913 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sold, 7 March 1921 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship displacement=*{{convert|652|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
|Ship length={{convert|178|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|15|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*2 × {{convert|800|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel
|Ship speed=*{{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
|Ship range=*{{convert|3000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship complement= 31 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=4 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) |Ship armour= |Ship notes= }} |
HMS E2 (originally ordered as HMS D10) was a British E class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard. E2 was laid down on 14 February 1911 and launched on 23 November 1912.
She was sold 7 March 1921 to B Zammit, Malta.
Design
The early British E-class submarines, from E1 to E8, had a displacement of {{convert|652|LT|t}} at the surface and {{convert|795|LT|t}} while submerged. They had a length overall of {{convert|180|ft|m}} and a beam of {{convert|22|ft|8.5|in}}, and were powered by two {{convert|800|hp}} Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two {{convert|420|hp}} electric motors.Akerman, P. (1989). Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901–1955. p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN|1-904381-05-7}}{{cite web|url=http://www.csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|title=E Class|publisher=Chatham Submarines|accessdate=20 August 2015|archive-date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813023119/http://csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|url-status=dead}} The class had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}, with a fuel capacity of {{convert|50|LT|t}} of diesel affording a range of {{convert|3225|mi|km nmi}} when travelling at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}, while submerged they had a range of {{convert|85|mi|km nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn|km/h mph}}.
The early 'Group 1' E class boats were armed with four 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, one in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of eight torpedoes were carried. Group 1 boats were not fitted with a deck gun during construction, but those involved in the Dardanelles campaign had guns mounted forward of the conning tower while at Malta Dockyard.
E-Class submarines had wireless systems with {{convert|1|kW}} power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to {{convert|3|kW}} systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was {{convert|100|ft}} although in service some reached depths of below {{convert|200|ft}}. Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.{{cite book|author1=Innes McCartney|author2=Tony Bryan|title=British Submarines of World War I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWFapIxWZSUC&pg=PA11|date=20 February 2013|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-4728-0035-0|pages=11–12}}
Crew
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.
Service history
When war was declared with Germany on 5 August 1914, E2 was based at Harwich, in the 8th Submarine Flotilla of the Home Fleets.{{cite book |title=Position and Movements, H.M. Ships, War Vessels and Aircraft, British and Foreign, Parts I. and II., August 1914. |date=1914 |publisher=Admiralty Records |location=London}}
On 14 August 1915, E2 sank Turkish minelayer Samsun with her two officers and eight crew near Erdek.
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
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Category:British E-class submarines of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built in Chatham