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==References==
==References==
* {{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 | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }}

==External links==
*[http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=6 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum]


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History
NameHMS E41
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down26 July 1915
Launched22 October 1915
CommissionedFebruary 1916
FateSold, 6 September 1922
General characteristics
Class and typeE class submarine
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662 long tons (673 t) surfaced
807 long tons (820 t) submerged
Length181 ft (55 m)
Beam15 ft (4.6 m)
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2 × 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) diesel
2 × 840 hp (626 kW) electric
2 screws
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15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
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3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
Complement30
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• 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)
• 1 × 12-pounder gun

HMS E41 was a British E class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 26 July 1915 and was commissioned in February 1916.

Service history

HMS E41 collided with E4 on the surface during exercises off Harwich on 15 August 1916. Sixteen crewmembers were lost, but fifteen escaped including seven from the bottom. Six crewmembers trapped in the submarine as she sank were able to escape by waiting under the conning-tower until the air pressure building up as the submarine sank blew the hatch open and allowed them to float to the surface. Chief Petty Officer William Brown was left behind, but was eventually able to escape from the engine room after an hour and a half in the sunken submarine.

HMS E41 was raised in September 1917 and was recommissioned. She was sold in Newcastle on 6 September 1922.

References

  • Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.