HMS E50 was a British E-class submarine of the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was built by John Brown at Clydebank, launched on 13 November 1916, and commissioned on 23 January 1917.
Key facts
- Class: E-class submarine
- Complement: 31 officers and men
- Armament: Five 18-inch torpedo tubes and one 12-pounder deck gun
- Length: About 180 ft (55 m)
Service history
On 19 March 1917, HMS E50 collision with UC-62, she was damaged in a submerged collision with the German submarine UC-62 in the North Sea.
Loss
HMS E50 was lost on 1 February 1918 with all 31 crew members. It was long believed that she had struck a mine in the North Sea. In 2011, a Danish expedition discovered the wreck much closer to the Danish coast than previously thought, about 65 nautical miles west of Nymindegab, Denmark.
Wreck and memorial
The submarine's conning tower was recovered and restored by a Danish team. Since 2015, it has been displayed at the Sea War Museum Jutland in Thyborøn, Denmark, where a memorial commemorates the 31 men lost in the submarine.
