H.M.S. E 44 (1916)

H.M.S. E 44 (1916)
Pendant Number:	E.44
Builder:	Swan Hunter
Launched:	21 Feb, 1916
Commissioned:	Jul, 1916
Sold:	Oct, 1921

H.M.S. E 44 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 26 April 1918 near 51deg 10.5' N., 1deg 53' E., E 44 torpedoed UB 57 in a night attack, but the torpedo failed to explode.

She was one of four "E" class boats of the Second Submarine Flotilla reduced to a Care and Maintenance Party at Devonport on 25 November 1919 as part of a plan to reduce the Atlantic Fleet from four submarine flotillas to three.

By May 1920, she was one of nine (later eight) "E" class boats of Group "J" in reserve at Rosyth, tender to Dolphin.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Henry P. Hughes, 1 April, 1916 – 22 March, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Gilbert E. Venning, 5 March, 1917 – 5 October, 1918
• Lieutenant & Commander Oliver North, 15 October, 1918 – 2 June, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Thomas I. S. Bell, May, 1920 – 30 September, 1920  (and 8 other Group "J" submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth)
• Lieutenant in Command Charles E. A. W. Cox, 1 October, 1920 – 20 March, 1921  (and seven other "E" class boats)

See Also

• Wikipedia