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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''H 5''''' was one of 44 submarines of the [["H" Class Submarine (1915)|"H" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''H 5''''' was one of forty-four [["H" Class Submarine (1915)|"H" class submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1910s.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
On 14 July, 1916, she sank {{DE-U51}} at 53deg 55' N., 7deg 53' E..{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
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On 14 July, 1916, she sank {{DE-U51}} at 53° 55' N., 53' E.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
  
She was lost with all hands on the night of 6 March, 1918, when she was rammed by the S.S. ''Rutherglen'' in Carnarvon Bay.{{UKTH1|p. 7}}
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She was lost with all hands on the night of 2 March, 1918 when she was sunk in error, rammed by the British S.S ''Rutherglen''. Among the dead was U.S. Navy {{LieutUS}} [[Earle Wayne Freed Childs|Earle W. F. Childs]], who was serving as an observer.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c8/childs.htm Dictionary of American Fighting Ships - Childs]</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LieutRN}} C. H. Varley, in command on 14 July, 1916.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Gilbert Esdaile Venning|nick=Gilbert E. Venning|appt=19 June, 1916|end=5 July, 1916}}
* {{LieutRN}} A. W. Forbes, D.S.O., in command on 6 March, 1918.{{UKTH1|p. 7}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cromwell Hanford Varley|nick=Cromwell H. Varley|appt=5 July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 392''a''}}{{UKTH1|p. 13}}|end=27 June, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Walter Forbes|nick=Arthur W. Forbes|appt=27 June, 1917|end=2 Mar, 1918{{KindellROH2|p. 467}}|note=killed when the sub sank|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 13 May 2020

H.M.S. H 5 (1915)
Pendant Number: H.5[1]
Builder: Canadian Vickers[2]
Ordered: Nov, 1914[3]
Launched: 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Collision: 2 Mar, 1918[6]
H.M.S. H 5 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

On 14 July, 1916, she sank U 51 at 53° 55' N., 7° 53' E.[7]

She was lost with all hands on the night of 2 March, 1918 when she was sunk in error, rammed by the British S.S Rutherglen. Among the dead was U.S. Navy Lieutenant Earle W. F. Childs, who was serving as an observer.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 87.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  6. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 467.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  8. Dictionary of American Fighting Ships - Childs
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392a.
  10. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  11. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 467.

Bibliography


"H" Class Submarine
Group 1
H 1 H 2 H 3 H 4 H 5
H 6 H 7 H 8 H 9 H 10
Group 2
H 11 H 12 H 13 H 14 H 15
H 16 H 17 H 18 H 19 H 20
Group 3
H 21 H 22 H 23 H 24 H 25
H 26 H 27 H 28 H 29 H 30
H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 41
H 42 H 43 H 44 H 47 H 48
  H 49 H 50 H 51 H 52  
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