HMS E26
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| Name | E26 |
| Ordered | 29 April 1914 |
| Builder | William Beardmore, Dalmuir |
| Laid down | November 1914 |
| Launched | 11 November 1915 |
| Commissioned | 3 October 1915 |
| Fate | Lost, 3 July 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | E-class submarine |
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| Length | 181 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Complement | 31 |
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HMS E26 was a
HMS E26 was lost with all hands in the North Sea, probably in the vicinity of the eastern Ems, on or about 3 July 1916. Her wreck has been found by a group of Dutch divers in 2006.[1][2]
Design
Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E26 had a displacement of 662 long tons (673 t) at the surface and 807 long tons (820 t) while submerged. She had a total length of 180 feet (55 m)[3] and a beam of 22 feet 8.5 inches (6.922 m). She was powered by two 800 horsepower (600 kW) Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two 420 horsepower (310 kW) electric motors.[4][5] The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a submerged speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of 50 long tons (51 t) of diesel and ranges of 3,255 miles (5,238 km; 2,829 nmi) when travelling at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[3] E26 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).
E26 was armed with a
E-Class submarines had wireless systems with 1 kilowatt (1.3 hp) power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to 3 kilowatts (4.0 hp) systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was 100 feet (30 m) although in service some reached depths of below 200 feet (61 m). Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.[3]
Crew
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.[3]
References
- ^ Royal Naval Submarine Museum. Submarine losses 1904 to present day. p.6 [1] Archived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nederlandse Noordzee-duikers identificeren Engelse onderzeeboot uit Eerste Wereldoorlog | Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed". web.archive.org. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4728-0035-0.
- ^ ISBN 1-904381-05-7
- ^ "E Class". Chatham Submarines. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. OCLC 12119866.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Say. OCLC 53783010.
External links
- 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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