British D class submarine
Encyclopedia
{|There were plans for a further two, D9 and D10, but these were launched at Chatham Dockyard as HMS E1
and HMS E2
.
HMS E1
HMS E1 was a British E class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard and cost £101,700. E1 was laid down on 14 February 1911. She was launched on 9 November 1912 and was commissioned on 6 May 1913...
and HMS E2
HMS E2
HMS E2 was a British E class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard. E2 was laid down on 14 February 1911 and launched on 23 November 1912.She was sold 7 March 1921 to B Zammit, Malta....
.
See also
- Not to be confused with the United States D class submarineUnited States D class submarineThe D-class submarines were a class of three United States Navy submarines, built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. All three ships served during World War I providing training for crews and...
of 1909-1910.
Sources
- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day, by Robert Hutchinson
- Fitzsimons, Bernard. Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 7, pp. 673-4, "D.1".