HMS E42
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HMS E42 was a British E-class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was launched on 22 October 1915 and commissioned in July 1916. She served during the First World War, hitting with a torpedo the battlecruiser SMS Moltke on 25 April 1918 and making an unsuccessful attack on U-92 on 1 July 1918.[1] E42 was sold for scrap at Poole on 6 September 1922.
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Name | E42 |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Launched | 22 October 1915 |
Commissioned | July 1916 |
Fate | Sold, 6 September 1922 |
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Class and type | E-class submarine |
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Length | 181 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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Complement | 31 |
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