HMS E5
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HMS E5 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on June 9, 1911 and was commissioned on June 28, 1913. She cost £106,700.
E5 had a very short career before and after her commissioning. She had an engine room explosion on 8 June 1913 20 days before commissioning. 13 were killed.
E5 met her fate while rescuing the suvivors of trawler Resono just North of Juist Island in the North Sea; she was mined on the 7 March 1916.
[edit] References
- Submarines, War Beneath The Sea, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson.
- The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston.
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