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HM Submarine E24
HM Submarine E24
This community collects the Life Stories of the 35 crew of HM Submarine E24, which struck a mine in the North Sea. On the morning of 21st March 1916 E24 sailed from Harwich for mine-laying operations in the Heligoland Bight. The submarine failed to return from this operation and was believed to have struck a mine. In 1974 her hull was mistakenly salvaged, inspection of the hull indicated that the submarine had indeed hit a mine. The remains of 26 of the complement of 35 were found in the wreck; only Lt Cmdr Naper was identified, being taller than the others and by the 2 and a half gold rings on his sleeve. They were all interred in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, where there is a memorial stone to the 25 crew and another to the Commander. Artefacts from E24 and her crew are on display at the Wrackmuseum Duhnen Cuxhaven. There is a memorial to Lt Cmdr Naper and the crew of HM Submarine E24 at Sullington in Sussex; please see the community ‘Sullington Memorial and the Naper family’ for further information.
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Born 1888
Died 1916
Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMSs Tenedos, Sappho, Egmont, Queen
Royal Navy 271709 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Queen
Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Queen, Vivid II, Leander,Forth, Egmont
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More about Samuel David Mitchell Fitzwater -
Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy M508 Boy Artificer HMSs Tenedos, Indus
Royal Navy M508 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMSs Indus, Vivid II, Collingwood
Royal Navy M508 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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More about Norman Martin -
Born 1893
Died 1916
Royal Navy K12550 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Pembroke II, Commonwealth
Royal Navy K12550 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Commonwealth, Pembroke II, Bonaventure, Maidstone
Royal Navy K12550 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Adamant, Maidstone
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More about Ernest Fielding Willcox -
Born 1889
Died 1916
Royal Navy 236964 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II
Royal Navy 236964 Boy 1st Class HMSs Ganges II, Victorious
Royal Navy 236964 Ordinary Seaman HMSs Victorious, Vivid I, Crescent, Flora
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More about William Harry Maeers -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy K13947 Stoker 1st Class HMSs King Edward VII, Egmont, VictoryII, Queen Mary
Royal Navy K13947 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Victory II, Renown, Victory II, King Edward VII
Royal Navy K13947 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24
More about Harry Lace Bibbey -
Born 1887
Died 1916
Royal Navy 232625
Royal Navy 232625 Boy 2nd Class Pembroke
Royal Navy Boy 1st Class
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More about Richard Henry Rogers -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy K19163 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone
Royal Navy K19163 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Vivid II, Thunderer
Royal Navy K19163 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone HM Submarine E24
More about George Edward Deves -
Born 1889
Died 1916
Royal Navy 231479 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vengeance
Royal Navy 231479 Able Seaman HMS Vengeance
Royal Navy 231479 Boy 1st Class HMS Caledonian
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More about Alfred Samuel David Chadwick -
Born 1881
Died 1916
Royal Navy 221135
Royal Navy 270685 Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class HMSs Duke of Wellington, Mars, Duke of Wellington, Vernon
Royal Navy 270685 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Vernon, Victory II
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More about Victor Harold Campbell Lovell -
Born 1893
Died 1916
Royal Navy K22859 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II
Royal Navy K22859 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Pembroke II, Brilliant, Dolphin, Maidstone
Royal Navy K22859 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24
More about Stephen Thomas Taylor -
Born 1890
Died 1916
Royal Navy 237738
Royal Navy 237738 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges
Royal Navy 237738 Ordinary Seaman HMS Suffolk
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More about Walter Hubert Hawke -
Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy Midshipman Warrior, Devonport
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant
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More about Rider Maurice Waterhouse Greiffenhagen -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy J8844
Royal Navy J8844 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J8844 Ordinary Seaman HMS Shearwater
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More about Frederick Egan -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Centurion, Dolphin, Maidstone
Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Vivid II, Centurion
Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24
More about Cornelius Michael Connolly -
Born 1889
Died 1916
Royal Navy K10223 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Victory II, Renown, Victory II, Antelope
Royal Navy K10223 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Antelope, Spartiate, Minotaur, Dolphin, Maidstone
Royal Navy K10223 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone HM Submarine E24
More about Walter Witchell