HMS E34
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Name | HMS E34 |
Builder | John Thornycroft, Woolston, Hampshire |
Laid down | 21 January 1917 |
Commissioned | March 1917 |
Fate | Sunk by mine, 20 July 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | E class submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 662 long tons (673 t) surfaced 807 long tons (820 t) submerged |
Length | 181 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) diesel 2 × 840 hp (626 kW) electric 2 screws |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced |
Complement | 30 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) • 1 × 12-pounder gun |
HMS E34 was a British E class submarine built by John Thornycroft, Woolston, Hampshire. She was laid down on 21 January 1917 and was commissioned in March 1917.
Service history
HMS E34 sank the U-Boat UB-16 off Harwich in the North Sea on 10 May 1918.
HMS E34 was mined in the Heligoland Bight on 20 July 1918. There were no survivors.
References
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.