Ships of the Royal Navy . JM. 21. {l-ittal ,(s a iiiiiif hiyci). 165. E 48. 166 SUBMARINES E class (14 boats), Emergency War Programme, 1915-1916 (Vickers), E. 27 (Yarrow), E. 31 (Scott), E. 32 (White), E. 33 (Thornycroft), E. 35 (Brown), E. 38(Fairfield), E. 41, E. 42, E. 45, E. 46 (Cammell-Laird), E. 48 (launched Fairfield, completed Beardmore), E. 53 (Beardmore), E. 55 (Denny). Our earliest submarines of the A, B, and C types were modelled on the Holland design with cigar-shaped hulls, single screw petrol engines, and torpedo tubes in the bow disposed hori-zontally. In the D class whic
Ships of the Royal Navy . JM. 21. {l-ittal ,(s a iiiiiif hiyci). 165. E 48. 166 SUBMARINES E class (14 boats), Emergency War Programme, 1915-1916 (Vickers), E. 27 (Yarrow), E. 31 (Scott), E. 32 (White), E. 33 (Thornycroft), E. 35 (Brown), E. 38(Fairfield), E. 41, E. 42, E. 45, E. 46 (Cammell-Laird), E. 48 (launched Fairfield, completed Beardmore), E. 53 (Beardmore), E. 55 (Denny). Our earliest submarines of the A, B, and C types were modelled on the Holland design with cigar-shaped hulls, single screw petrol engines, and torpedo tubes in the bow disposed hori-zontally. In the D class which followed them external side ballast tanks were introduced, and Dieselengines driving twin screws adopted ; a stern torpedo tube was fitted and the bow tubes disposed one abovethe other which reduced the resistance and allowed for a remodelling of the bows. The D class alsopossessed greater habitabihty, were safer, and in a 12-pounder gun was mounted experimentally. Inthe E class which were first included in the 1910-11 programme and with various slight modifi
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