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E18 shortly after passing through the Øresund in September 1915. Note the camouflage paintwork to prevent detection by shore observers
History
HMS E18United Kingdom
NameE18
BuilderVickers
Laid down1 January 1914
Launched4 March 1915
Commissioned6 June 1915
FateLost with all hands, late May 1916
General characteristics
Class and typeE-class submarine
Displacement
  • 662 tons (surfaced
  • 807 tons (submerged)
Length54.86 m
Beam6.86 m
Draught3.81 m
PropulsionTwin propellers, 2 × 800 bhp (600 kW) Vickers diesel, 2 × 420 shp (313 kW) electric motors
Speed
  • 15.25 knots (surfaced)
  • 9.75 knots (submerged)
Range325 nm surfaced
Endurance24 days
Complement3 officers, 28 ratings
Armament
  • 2 × 18 inch bow tube
  • 2 × 18 inch beam tubes
  • 1 × 18 inch stern tube
  • (10 torpedoes)
  • 1 × 12 pdr deck gun

HMS E18 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in 1915 and lost in the Baltic Sea in May 1916 while operating out of Reval. The exact circumstances surrounding the sinking remain a mystery. The wreck of the submarine was discovered in October 2009.

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