HMS H5

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HMS H-5, was an H class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was sunk after being rammed by a British Merchantman Rutherglen, mistaken for a German U-boat, on 2 March 1918. All on board perished. Stoker Petty Officer Thomas Lloyd was among the casualties. He, and all the rest of the crew are commemorated on Panel 29 at RN Submarine Museum. Also on board was US Navy Lt. E.W.F. Childs, who became the first US Navy casualty of WW1. The wreck site is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act.