HMS ''E37'' was a
British E class submarine
The British E-class submarines started out as improved versions of the British D-class submarine. The E class served with the Royal Navy throughout World War I as the backbone of the submarine fleet. The last surviving E class submarines wer ...
built by
Fairfield,
Govan,
Clyde. She was launched on 2 September 1915 and commissioned on 17 March 1916. ''E37'' was lost in the
North Sea on 1 December 1916. There were no survivors.
Design
Like all post-''E8''
British E-class submarines, ''E37'' had a displacement of at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of
and a beam of . She was powered by two Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two electric motors.
[Akerman, P. (1989). ''Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901–1955''. 149–150. Maritime Books.]
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E-Class submarines had wireless systems with power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was although in service some reached depths of below . Some submarines contained ]Fessenden oscillator
A Fessenden oscillator is an electro-acoustic transducer invented by Reginald Fessenden, with development starting in 1912 at the Submarine Signal Company of Boston. It was the first successful acoustical echo ranging device. Similar in operating ...
systems.
Crew
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.
References
Bibliography
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External links
'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum
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British E-class submarines of the Royal Navy
Ships built in Govan
1915 ships
World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea
Royal Navy ship names
Maritime incidents in 1916