H.M.S. E 34 (1917)

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H.M.S. E 34 (1917)
Pendant Number: E.34[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 27 Jan, 1917[3]
Commissioned: Mar, 1917[4]
Mined: 20 Jul, 1918[5]
H.M.S. E 34 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.

Service

On 10 May 1918, she sank UB 16 at 52deg 06' N., 2deg 01' E..[6]

E 34 was lost with all hands to a presumed mine, the last of twenty-nine "E" class boats to be lost in the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 85.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  6. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  7. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 516. Date is approximate.

Bibliography


"E" Class Submarine
E 1 Group
E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5
E 6 E 7 E 8 AE 1 AE 2
E 9 Group
E 9 E 10 E 11 E 12 E 13
E 14 E 15 E 16 E 17 E 18
E 19 E 20 E 21 E 22 E 23
E 25 E 26 E 27 E 29 E 30
E 31 E 32 E 33 E 35 E 36
E 37 E 38 E 39 E 40 E 42
E 43 E 44 E 47 E 48 E 49
  E 50 E 52 E 53  
  E 54 E 55 E 56  
Minelayers
  E 24 E 34 E 41  
  E 45 E 46 E 51  
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