HMS E36
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United Kingdom | |
Name | E36 |
Builder | John Brown, Clydebank |
Laid down | 7 January 1915 |
Launched | 16 September 1916 |
Commissioned | 16 November 1916 |
Fate | Sunk after collision, 19 January 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | E-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 181 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Complement | 31 |
Armament |
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HMS E36 was an
. She was laid down on 7 January 1915 and was commissioned on 16 November 1916.E36 was sunk in a collision with E43 off Harwich in the North Sea on 19 January 1917. There were no survivors. On 15 September 2013, Dutch fisherman Hans Eelman found a large metal object near the island of Texel, using sonar. The object was thought to be the wreck of a submarine of the E-type and was thought to be E36, but later reports proved it was not.
Design
Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E36 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)[1] 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.[2][3] 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).[1] E36 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).
E36 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.[1]
Crew
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4728-0035-0.
- ^ ISBN 1-904381-05-7 [1]
- ^ "E Class". Chatham Submarines. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Bibliography
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. OCLC 53783010.
External links
- [2] Archived 20 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Article: World War I submarine found near Texel
- [3] Article: sunken vessel near Texel not submarine after all.
- 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine