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==Design==
==Design==
The early [[British E-class submarine]]s, from ''E1'' to ''E8'', had a displacement of {{convert|652|t|ST}} at the surface and {{convert|795|t|ST}} while submerged. They had a length overall of {{convert|180|ft|m}} and a beam of {{convert|22|ft|8.5|in}}, and were powered by two {{convert|800|hp}} Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two {{convert|420|hp}} electric motors.<ref name=Akerman>Akerman, P. (1989). ''Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901&ndash;1955''. &nbsp;p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN|1-904381-05-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|title=E Class|publisher=Chatham Submarines|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref> The class had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}, with a fuel capacity of {{convert|50|t|ST}} of diesel affording a range of {{convert|3225|mi|km nmi}} when travelling at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}, while submerged they had a range of {{convert|85|mi|km nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn|km/h mph}}.<ref name=Akerman/>
The early [[British E-class submarine]]s, from ''E1'' to ''E8'', had a displacement of {{convert|652|LT|t}} at the surface and {{convert|795|LT|t}} while submerged. They had a length overall of {{convert|180|ft|m}} and a beam of {{convert|22|ft|8.5|in}}, and were powered by two {{convert|800|hp}} Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two {{convert|420|hp}} electric motors.<ref name=Akerman>Akerman, P. (1989). ''Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901&ndash;1955''. &nbsp;p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN|1-904381-05-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|title=E Class|publisher=Chatham Submarines|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813023119/http://csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The class had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}, with a fuel capacity of {{convert|50|LT|t}} of diesel affording a range of {{convert|3225|mi|km nmi}} when travelling at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}, while submerged they had a range of {{convert|85|mi|km nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn|km/h mph}}.<ref name=Akerman/>


The early 'Group 1' ''E'' class boats were armed with four [[British 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, one in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of eight torpedoes were carried. Group 1 boats were not fitted with a deck gun during construction, but those involved in the Dardanelles campaign had guns mounted forward of the conning tower while at Malta Dockyard.<ref name=Akerman/>
The early 'Group 1' ''E'' class boats were armed with four [[British 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, one in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of eight torpedoes were carried. Group 1 boats were not fitted with a deck gun during construction, but those involved in the Dardanelles campaign had guns mounted forward of the conning tower while at Malta Dockyard.<ref name=Akerman/>
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==Service history==
==Service history==
When [[World War I|war]] was declared with [[German Empire|Germany]] on 5 August 1914, ''E6'' was based at [[Harwich]], in the [[8th Submarine Flotilla]] of the [[Home Fleet]]s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Position and Movements, H.M. Ships, War Vessels and Aircraft, British and Foreign, Parts I. and II., August 1914. |date=1914 |publisher=Admiralty Records |location=London}}</ref>
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''E6'' had a short career in [[World War I]]. On 5 August 1914, she was towed by the light cruiser {{HMS|Amethyst|1903|2}} to [[Terschelling]] along with {{HMS|E8||2}} which was towed by the destroyer {{HMS|Ariel|1911|2}}. ''E6'' and ''E8'' then made the first [[Heligoland Bight]] patrol.<ref>{{cite book|last=Keyes|first=Sir Roger|title=The Naval Memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. Vol. 1: The Narrow Seas to the Dardanelles 1910-1915|date=1934|publisher=Thornton Butterworth|location=London|page=68}}</ref> On 28 August 1914, ''E6'' was one of eight submarines that took part in a [[Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)|raid against the German Heligoland Bight patrol]] using surface ships.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|pp=161–162}}</ref> ''E6'', together with {{HMS|E7||2}} and ''E8'' were deployed as bait, with orders to try and get spotted in order to draw German destroyer patrols into the clutches of British destroyers and light cruisers of the [[Harwich Force]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Corbett|1920|pp=100–101}}</ref> Later in the day, when the light cruisers of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron came up to support the British surface forces, they spotted ''E6'' and, mistaking her for a German submarine, tried to ram her.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|pp=143–144}}</ref> On 25 September 1914, ''E6'' fouled a mine on her [[Diving plane|hydroplane]] guard when on patrol in the Heligoland Bight, but managed to free herself and escape.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 24|1924|p=79}}</ref>


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That morning she was towed by the light cruiser {{HMS|Amethyst|1903|2}} to [[Terschelling]] along with {{HMS|E8||2}} which was towed by the destroyer {{HMS|Ariel|1911|2}}. ''E6'' and ''E8'' then made the first [[Heligoland Bight]] patrol.<ref>{{cite book|last=Keyes|first=Sir Roger|title=The Naval Memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. Vol. 1: The Narrow Seas to the Dardanelles 1910-1915|date=1934|publisher=Thornton Butterworth|location=London|page=68}}</ref> On 28 August 1914, ''E6'' was one of eight submarines that took part in a [[Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)|raid against the German Heligoland Bight patrol]] using surface ships.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|pp=161–162}}</ref> ''E6'', together with {{HMS|E7||2}} and ''E8'' were deployed as bait, with orders to try and get spotted in order to draw German destroyer patrols into the clutches of British destroyers and light cruisers of the [[Harwich Force]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Corbett|1920|pp=100–101}}</ref> Later in the day, when the light cruisers of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron came up to support the British surface forces, they spotted ''E6'' and, mistaking her for a German submarine, tried to ram her.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|pp=143–144}}</ref> On 25 September 1914, ''E6'' fouled a mine on her [[Diving plane|hydroplane]] guard when on patrol in the Heligoland Bight, but managed to free herself and escape.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 24|1924|p=79}}</ref>
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On 13 April 1915 ''E6'', on patrol near [[Juist]], spotted a German submarine, but was unable to get into position to deliver an attack. The next day she fired a torpedo at the German torpedo boat {{Ship|SMS|S168||2}}, but the torpedo missed.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|p=188}}</ref> On 29 May 1915 ''E6'' was one of a number of submarines ordered to sea in response to a sortie into the [[North Sea]] by the German [[High Seas Fleet]]. She spotted the German fleet on 30 May and fired a single torpedo at the German battlecruiser {{SMS|Moltke||2}}. ''E6''{{'}}s captain incorrectly estimated ''Moltke''{{'}}s speed. and the torpedo missed. German torpedo boats forced ''E6'' to dive and prevented a second attack.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|pp=213–215}}</ref> On 1 September 1915 ''E6'' and ''E8'', which had been fitted with 4 six-pounder [[anti-aircraft gun]]s each set out to the Bight to carry out anti-[[Zeppelin]] patrols. On 4 September ''E6'' spotted the airship ''L9'' and opened fire, but no hits were scored and ''E6'' was forced to dive by the approach of an aeroplane.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926|pp=158–159}}</ref> On 23 October ''E6'' fired 30 shots at the German airship ''L7'' when on patrol off [[Horns Rev]]. The airship was undamaged. That evening the German High Seas Fleet again sortied from [[Kiel]]. ''E6'' spotted the German fleet on the morning of 24 October. ''E6'' launched two attacks on German light cruisers, both of which were unsuccessful, although ''E6''{{'}}s crew did hear two explosions after the second attack, on the cruiser {{SMS|Rostock||2}}.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 31|1926|pp=10–11}}</ref>

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On 13 April 1915 ''E6'', on patrol near [[Juist]], spotted a German submarine, but was unable to get into position to deliver an attack. The next day she fired a torpedo at the German torpedo boat {{Ship|SMS|S168||2}}, but the torpedo missed.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|p=188}}</ref> On 29 May 1915 ''E6'' was one of a number of submarines ordered to sea in response to a sortie into the [[North Sea]] by the German [[High Seas Fleet]]. She spotted the German fleet on 30 May and fired a single torpedo at the German battlecruiser {{SMS|Moltke||2}}. ''E6''{{'}}s captain incorrectly estimated ''Moltke''{{'}}s speed, and the torpedo missed. German torpedo boats forced ''E6'' to dive and prevented a second attack.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|pp=213–215}}</ref> On 1 September 1915 ''E6'' and ''E8'', which had been fitted with 4 six-pounder [[anti-aircraft gun]]s each set out to the Bight to carry out anti-[[Zeppelin]] patrols. On 4 September ''E6'' spotted the airship ''L9'' and opened fire, but no hits were scored and ''E6'' was forced to dive by the approach of an aeroplane.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926|pp=158–159}}</ref> On 23 October ''E6'' fired 30 shots at the German airship ''L7'' when on patrol off [[Horns Rev]]. The airship was undamaged. That evening the German High Seas Fleet again sortied from [[Kiel]]. ''E6'' spotted the German fleet on the morning of 24 October. ''E6'' launched two attacks on German light cruisers, both of which were unsuccessful, although ''E6''{{'}}s crew did hear two explosions after the second attack, on the cruiser {{SMS|Rostock||2}}.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 31|1926|pp=10–11}}</ref>


''E6'' was mined on 26 December 1915 with the loss of all hands in the [[North Sea]] off [[Harwich Dockyard|Harwich]]. A trawler had been sunk by a mine in the same position shortly before, and a British torpedo boat signalled ''E6'' to avoid the minefield, but ''E6'' ignored the warning and was lost.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 31|1926|p=38}}</ref>
''E6'' was mined on 26 December 1915 with the loss of all hands in the [[North Sea]] off [[Harwich Dockyard|Harwich]]. A trawler had been sunk by a mine in the same position shortly before, and a British torpedo boat signalled ''E6'' to avoid the minefield, but ''E6'' ignored the warning and was lost.<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 31|1926|p=38}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*{{cite book|last=Corbett|first=Julian S.|title=Naval Operations: Vol. I: To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914|year=1920|publisher=Longmans, Green and Co.|location=London|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last=Corbett|first=Julian S.|title=Naval Operations: Vol. I: To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914|url=https://archive.org/details/navaloperations00newbgoog|year=1920|publisher=Longmans, Green and Co.|location=London}}
* {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }}
* {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | url = https://archive.org/details/janessubmarinesw0000hutc | url-access = registration | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }}
* {{cite book|title=The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History |first=Antony |last=Preston}}
* {{cite book|title=The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History |first=Antony |last=Preston}}
*{{cite book|title=Monograph No. 11: The Battle of Heligoland Bight, August 28th, 1914|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=III|year=1921|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.III_opt.pdf|pages=108–166|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921}} }}
* {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 11: The Battle of Heligoland Bight, August 28th, 1914|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=III|year=1921|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.III_opt.pdf|pages=108–166|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921}} }}
*{{cite book|title=Monograph No. 24: Home Waters—Part II.: September and October 1914|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XI|year=1924|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XI_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 24|1924}} }}
* {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 24: Home Waters—Part II.: September and October 1914|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XI|year=1924|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XI_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 24|1924}} }}
*{{cite book|title=Monograph No. 29: Home Waters—Part IV.: From February to July 1915|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XIII|year=1925|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XIII_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925}} }}
* {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 29: Home Waters—Part IV.: From February to July 1915|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XIII|year=1925|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XIII_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925}} }}
*{{cite book|title=Monograph No. 30: Home Waters—Part V.: From July to October 1915|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XIV|year=1926|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XIV_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926}} }}
* {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 30: Home Waters—Part V.: From July to October 1915|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XIV|year=1926|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XIV_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926}} }}
*{{cite book|title=Monograph No. 31: Home Waters—Part VI.: From October 1915 to May 1916|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XV|year=1926|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XC_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 31|1926}} }}
* {{cite book|title=Monograph No. 31: Home Waters—Part VI.: From October 1915 to May 1916|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=XV|year=1926|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XC_opt.pdf|ref={{Harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 31|1926}} }}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=4 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum]
* [http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=4 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925133745/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=4 |date=25 September 2015 }}

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HMS E6
History
United Kingdom
NameE6
BuilderVickers, Barrow
Cost£106,900
Laid down12 November 1911
Launched12 November 1912
Commissioned17 October 1913
FateSunk by mine, 26 December 1915
General characteristics
Class and typeE-class submarine
Displacement
  • 652 long tons (662 t) surfaced
  • 795 long tons (808 t) submerged
Length178 ft (54 m)
Beam15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 800 hp (597 kW) diesel
  • 2 × 420 hp (313 kW) electric
  • 2 screws
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Complement31
Armament4 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)

HMS E6 was a British E-class submarine built by Vickers Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 12 November 1911 and was commissioned on 17 October 1913. She cost £106,900.

Design

The early British E-class submarines, from E1 to E8, had a displacement of 652 long tons (662 t) at the surface and 795 long tons (808 t) while submerged. They had a length overall of 180 feet (55 m) and a beam of 22 feet 8.5 inches (6.922 m), and were powered by two 800 horsepower (600 kW) Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two 420 horsepower (310 kW) electric motors.[1][2] The class had a maximum surface speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a submerged speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph), with a fuel capacity of 50 long tons (51 t) of diesel affording a range of 3,225 miles (5,190 km; 2,802 nmi) when travelling at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph), while submerged they had a range of 85 miles (137 km; 74 nmi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).[1]

The early 'Group 1' E class boats were armed with four 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, one in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of eight torpedoes were carried. Group 1 boats were not fitted with a deck gun during construction, but those involved in the Dardanelles campaign had guns mounted forward of the conning tower while at Malta Dockyard.[1]

E-Class submarines had wireless systems with 1 kilowatt (1.3 hp) power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to 3 kilowatts (4.0 hp) systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was 100 feet (30 m) although in service some reached depths of below 200 feet (61 m).[1]

Crew

Her complement was three officers and 28 men.[1]

Service history

When war was declared with Germany on 5 August 1914, E6 was based at Harwich, in the 8th Submarine Flotilla of the Home Fleets.[3]

That morning she was towed by the light cruiser Amethyst to Terschelling along with E8 which was towed by the destroyer Ariel. E6 and E8 then made the first Heligoland Bight patrol.[4] On 28 August 1914, E6 was one of eight submarines that took part in a raid against the German Heligoland Bight patrol using surface ships.[5] E6, together with E7 and E8 were deployed as bait, with orders to try and get spotted in order to draw German destroyer patrols into the clutches of British destroyers and light cruisers of the Harwich Force.[6] Later in the day, when the light cruisers of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron came up to support the British surface forces, they spotted E6 and, mistaking her for a German submarine, tried to ram her.[7] On 25 September 1914, E6 fouled a mine on her hydroplane guard when on patrol in the Heligoland Bight, but managed to free herself and escape.[8]

On 13 April 1915 E6, on patrol near Juist, spotted a German submarine, but was unable to get into position to deliver an attack. The next day she fired a torpedo at the German torpedo boat S168, but the torpedo missed.[9] On 29 May 1915 E6 was one of a number of submarines ordered to sea in response to a sortie into the North Sea by the German High Seas Fleet. She spotted the German fleet on 30 May and fired a single torpedo at the German battlecruiser Moltke. E6's captain incorrectly estimated Moltke's speed, and the torpedo missed. German torpedo boats forced E6 to dive and prevented a second attack.[10] On 1 September 1915 E6 and E8, which had been fitted with 4 six-pounder anti-aircraft guns each set out to the Bight to carry out anti-Zeppelin patrols. On 4 September E6 spotted the airship L9 and opened fire, but no hits were scored and E6 was forced to dive by the approach of an aeroplane.[11] On 23 October E6 fired 30 shots at the German airship L7 when on patrol off Horns Rev. The airship was undamaged. That evening the German High Seas Fleet again sortied from Kiel. E6 spotted the German fleet on the morning of 24 October. E6 launched two attacks on German light cruisers, both of which were unsuccessful, although E6's crew did hear two explosions after the second attack, on the cruiser Rostock.[12]

E6 was mined on 26 December 1915 with the loss of all hands in the North Sea off Harwich. A trawler had been sunk by a mine in the same position shortly before, and a British torpedo boat signalled E6 to avoid the minefield, but E6 ignored the warning and was lost.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Akerman, P. (1989). Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901–1955.  p.150. Maritime Books. ISBN 1-904381-05-7
  2. ^ "E Class". Chatham Submarines. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ Position and Movements, H.M. Ships, War Vessels and Aircraft, British and Foreign, Parts I. and II., August 1914. London: Admiralty Records. 1914.
  4. ^ Keyes, Sir Roger (1934). The Naval Memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. Vol. 1: The Narrow Seas to the Dardanelles 1910-1915. London: Thornton Butterworth. p. 68.
  5. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 11 1921, pp. 161–162
  6. ^ Corbett 1920, pp. 100–101
  7. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 11 1921, pp. 143–144
  8. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 24 1924, p. 79
  9. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 29 1925, p. 188
  10. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 29 1925, pp. 213–215
  11. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 30 1926, pp. 158–159
  12. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 31 1926, pp. 10–11
  13. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 31 1926, p. 38

References

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