HMS E6
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS E6 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Cost: | £106,900 |
| Laid down: | 12 November 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 17 October 1913 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine, 26 December 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | E-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 665 long tons (676 t) surfaced 796 long tons (809 t) submerged |
| Length: | 178 ft (54 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft 5 in (4.70 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 1,750 hp (1,305 kW) diesel 2 × 600 hp (447 kW) electric 2 screws |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) 65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) |
| Complement: | 30 |
| Armament: | 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) |
HMS E6 was a British E-class submarine built by Vickers Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 12 November 1911 and was commissioned on 17 October 1913. She cost £106,900.
Service history
E6 had a short career in World War I. On 5 August 1914, she was towed by the light cruiser Amethyst to Terschelling along with E8 which was towed by the destroyer Ariel. E6 and E8 then made the first Heligoland Bight patrol.[1]
On 28 August 1914, E6 and E8 other boats took positions in a planned raid against the German Heligoland Bight patrol using surface ships. On 25 September 1914, E6 fouled on two mines in Heligoland Bight, but escaped.
Fate
E6 was mined on 26 December 1915 in the North Sea off Harwich.
References
- ↑ Keyes, Sir Roger (1934). The Naval Memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. Vol. 1: The Narrow Seas to the Dardanelles 1910-1915. London: Thornton Butterworth. p. 68.
- 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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