HMS E52
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HMS E52 was a British E-class submarine built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, entering service in 1917. She sank the U-boat Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". near the Goodwin Sands on 1 November 1917. E52 was sold in 1921 and later hulked on the River Dart.
Design
Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E52 had a displacement of Script error: No such module "convert". at the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". while submerged. She had a total length of Script error: No such module "convert".[1] and a beam of Script error: No such module "convert".. She was powered by two Script error: No such module "convert". Ruston & Proctor eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two Script error: No such module "convert". electric motors.[2][3][4] The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a submerged speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of Script error: No such module "convert". of diesel and ranges of Script error: No such module "convert". when travelling at Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] E52 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at Script error: No such module "convert"..
E52 was armed with a 12-pounder Script error: No such module "convert". QF gun mounted forward of the conning tower. She had five 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.[2]
E-Class submarines had wireless systems with Script error: No such module "convert". power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to Script error: No such module "convert". systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was Script error: No such module "convert". although in service some reached depths of below Script error: No such module "convert".. Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.[1]
Construction
E52 was ordered from Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun but transferred on 3 March 1915 to William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton as Yard No.1048.[5][4] She was launched on 25 January 1917 and delivered on 13 March.[5][4]
Service
On 31 October 1917, E52 left her depot ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". to patrol in the English Channel.[6] Just after midnight she surprised the German U-boat Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". on the surface near the Goodwin Sands, in the southern North Sea, returning to Zeebrugge after laying mines. E52 attacked UC-63 in Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., with torpedoes, and the German submarine sank with the loss of all-but-one of her 27 crew.[6][7] As a result of this encounter, Lt. Cdr. Philip Esmonde Phillips of E52 was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for "services in action with enemy submarines".[8]
Fate
E52 was sold on 3 January 1921 to Brixham Marine & Engineering Company.[5] The submarine was stripped and taken to the River Dart and lay on the shore with other vessels, below the Britannia Royal Naval College.[6] They were believed to have been utilised to strengthen a bank in Coombe Mud, and then buried in the land reclamation to create Coronation Park.[6][8] A team from the University of Winchester is investigating the site in April 2023, using ground-penetrating radar.[9] In June 2023, it was announced that the team had found remains of what they believed was E52 and the German torpedo boat Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[10][11]
References
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