SS - HMAS AE1 (1913)

     
Název:
Name:
HMAS AE1 HMAS AE1
Originální název:
Original Name:
HMAS AE1
Kategorie:
Category:
ponorka submersible ship (SS)
Třída:
Class:
Třída E (1. série)
Kódové označení:
Pennant Number:
-
Loděnice:
Builder:
Vickers Son & Maxim at the Naval Construction Works, Barrow-in-Furness /
Založení kýlu:
Laid Down:
14.11.1911
Spuštění na vodu:
Launched:
22.05.1913
Uvedení do služby:
Commissioned:
28.02.1914
Vyřazení ze služby:
Decommissioned:
14.09.1914 pravdepodobne potopená / probably sunk
Potopené lodě:
Sunk Ships:
-
Velitel:
Commander:
DD.MM.RRRR-14.09.1941 Besant, Thomas Fleming (Lieutenant-Commander)
Jednotka:
Unit:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Poznámka:
Note:
- -
Zdroje:
Sources:
www.ae1submarine.com
www.navy.gov.au
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HMAS AE1


AE-1 was the first submarine of the Australian Navy. She was commissioned at Portsmouth under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Thomas F. Besant of the Royal Navy with a mixed crew of RN and RAN personnel. She arrived in Sydney on 24 May 1914. She sailed most of the voyage under her own power (about 14,000 km) and was towed for the remainder (about 8,700 km).

At the beginning of World War I, she participated with the Australian fleet in the occupation of the German Pacific colonies. Together with her sister AE2 she participated in the operation leading to the capture of the German part of New Guinea, including the surrender of Rabaul on 13 September 1914.

The day after, on 14 September 1914, she and HMAS Parramatta went to Blanche Bay, where they patrolled off Cape Gazelle. At 14:30 the two vessels were communicating with each other, and at 15:30 the submarine was sighted southwest of Duke of York Island, presumably on her way back to port. When she had not arrived by 20:00, the HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra were dispatched to search for her. HMAS Sydney, which was on her way to the west coast, was also recalled to search. In addition, HMAS Encounter and HMAS Warrego, dispatched from the ports of Rabaul and Herbertshohe, joined the search. However, no trace of the submarine was found.

One theory is that the submarine became unmanageable during a routine training dive and that the hull was torn by coral reefs. This conclusion was led to by a case where a submarine of a similar type, HMS E11, lost control and sank without explainable cause while sailing through the Dardanelles. Even after returning to port the cause was not found. In addition, HMAS AE-1 had a problem with the starboard engine, which may also have contributed to the eventual accident.

Another theory is loss due to enemy vessel action. The steamer Kolonial Gesselschaft is mentioned as a possible "culprit".

The loss of the submarine resulted in the deaths of 32 crewmen, 2 officers and the ship's captain, Lieutenant Commander Besant.

Finding of the wreck in 2017:

In December 2017, the wreck was found by the research vessel MV Fugro Equator near the Duke of York Islands at a depth of 300 m. According to a subsequent investigation by the Australian National Maritime Museum's research team, the submarine was destroyed due to a submersion incident. It is likely that a vent valve, opened for ventilation in tropical conditions, failed to close, resulting in flooding of the engine room and subsequent loss of control of the vessel. After dropping 100 metres below sea level, the vessel imploded and everyone on board died instantly.


The crew of the vessel on the fateful day:


Officers
Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Fleming BESANT (RN)
Lieutenant Charles Lewis MOORE (RN)
Lieutenant The Honorable Leopold Florence SCARLETT (RN)

Crew
Petty Officer Robert SMAIL (RAN)
Petty Officer Henry HODGE (RAN - ex RN)
Petty Officer William TRIBE (RAN - ex RN)
Petty Officer Thomas Martin GILBERT (RAN - ex RN)
Chief Engine Room Artificer Class 1 Thomas Frederick LOWE (RAN - ex RN)
Chief Engine Room Artificer Class 1 James Alexander FETTES (RAN)
Chief Engine Room Artificer Class 2 John Albert MARSLAND (RAN - ex RN)
Chief Engine Room Artificer Joseph William WILSON (RAN - ex RN)
Engine Room Artificer Class 3 John MESSENGER (RAN)
Leading Seaman Gordon COURBOLD (RAN)
Able Seaman John REARDON (RAN)
Able Seaman Frederick William WOODLAND (RAN - ex RN)
Able Seaman Jack JARMAN (RAN)
Able Seaman James Benjamin THOMAS (RAN)
Able Seaman Frederick George DENNIS (RAN - ex RN)
Able Seaman George HODGKIN (RAN - ex RN)
Able Seaman Arthur FISHER (RAN)
Signalman George DANCE (RAN - ex RN)
Telegraphist Cyril Lefroy BAKER (RAN)
Chief Stoker Harry STRETCH (RAN - ex RN)
Leading Stoker Sydney Charles BARTON (RAN - ex RN)
Leading Stoker John William MEEK (RAN - ex RN)
Leading Stoker William Elliott GUY (RAN - ex RN)
Stoker John Joseph MALONEY (RAN)
Stoker Charles Frederick WRIGHT (RAN)
Stoker William WADDILOVE (RAN)
Stoker Percy WILSON (RAN)
Stoker John James [Jack] BRAY (RN)
Stoker Ernest Fleming BLAKE (RAN)
Stoker Richard Bains HOLT (RAN)
Stoker James GUILD (RAN - ex RN)
Stoker Henry Joseph GOUGH (RAN - ex RN)

Source:
www.ae1submarine.com
www.navy.gov.au
www.theguardian.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_AE1
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