HMS E3 was the third E-class submarine to be constructed, built at Barrow by Vickers in 1911–1912. Built with compartmentalisation and endurance not previously achievable, these were the best submarines in the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War.

SM U-27 was a German Type U-27 U-boat built for service in the Imperial German Navy. She was launched on 14 July 1913, and commissioned on 8 May 1914 with Kapitänleutnant Bernd Wegener in command. On 18 October 1914, the British submarine HMS E3 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by U-27.

On 21 November 1918, the first batch of 20 submarines made their way across the North Sea to the British coast. There, 35 miles of the coast of Essex, they were met by a small flotilla of British warships commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt.

HMS E3 (Lt Cdr G F Cholmley) was the first British submarine to be lost in war. She sailed with E8 to patrol off Borkum. On 18 October 1914, the U-boat U27 (Lt Cdr Bernhard Wegener) sighted what she thought was a buoy. On closer inspection, it was identified as a submarine conning tower, namely E3.

The HMS E3 was an E-class submarine built at the Vickers shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. It was laid down in April 1911 and launched in October 1912. The vessel's displacement was 676 tons surfaced and 809 tons submerged. It had four 460-millimetre torpedo tubes. HMS E3 at port, sometime between 1912 and 1914.

In August 1914 he was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS MAIDSTONE at Harwich for HMS E3 as Navigating Officer. E3 was lost on 18 October 1914. The submarine had been detailed to patrol off the Island of Borkum and was on the surface when it was sighted by the U-Boat U-27 (Lieutenant Commander Bernhard Wegener).

On 18 October, 1914 the British U-boat E3 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the German U-boat U 27. This was the first decisive fight between U-boats in the First World War. This boat was sunk by the Q-Ship HMS Baralong (Lieutenant Godfrey Herbert RN).

The British submarine HMS E3 was one of the first British E class submarine s to be constructed, built at Barrow by Vickers in 1911 and 1912. Built with compartmentalisation and endurance not previously achievable, these were the best submarines in the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War , and they proved their worth throughout the ...

HMS E3 was the third E-class submarines to be constructed, built at Barrow by Vickers in 1911-1912. Built with compartmentalisation and endurance not previously achievable, these were the best submarines in the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War.

Jun 5, 2007 · It was always a family rumour that a relative died on a submarine in WW1. Sure enough the relative Edgar Scott was a stoker on Submarine E3 which has the distinction of being the first submarine to be sunk by another submarine. I've found out a fair bit about Edgar but would be interested to know the names of all who were lost on this sub.