HMS E19

At Reval (Tallinn) during World War I
History
United Kingdom
NameE19
Laid down27 November 1914
Launched13 May 1915
Commissioned12 July 1915
FateScuttled 8 April 1918 at Helsinki to avoid capture
General characteristics
Class & typeE-class submarine
Displacement
  • 662 tons (surfaced)
  • 807 tons (submerged)
Length54.86 m
Beam6.86 m
Draught3.81 m
PropulsionTwin-shaft, 2 × 800 bhp Vickers diesel, 2 × 420 shp electric motors
Speed
  • 15.25 knots (surfaced)
  • 9.75 knots (submerged)
Range325 nm surfaced
Endurance24 days
Complement3 officers, 28 ratings
Armament
  • 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow tube
  • 2 × 18" beam tubes
  • 1 × 18" stern tube
  • (10 torpedoes)
  • 1 × 2 pdr deck gun

HMS E19 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1914 at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. During World War I she was part of the British submarine flotilla in the Baltic.

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