HMS E3
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HMS E3 was the third E-class submarine to be constructed, built at Barrow by Vickers in 1911–1912. Built with compartmentalisation and endurance not previously achievable, these were the best submarines in the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War. She was sunk in the first ever successful attack on one submarine by another, when she was torpedoed on 18 October 1914 by U-27 north of Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.
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British E-class submarine HMS E3 | |
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Name | E3 |
Builder | Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 27 April 1911 |
Launched | 29 October 1912 |
Commissioned | 29 May 1914 |
Fate | Sunk on 18 October 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | E-class submarine |
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Length | 178 ft (54 m) |
Beam | 15.05 ft (4.59 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
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Range | 325 nmi (602 km; 374 mi) (surfaced) |
Endurance | 24 days |
Complement | 3 officers, 28 ratings |
Armament | 4 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern; 10 torpedoes) |
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