HMS E5

HMS E5 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 9 June 1911 and was commissioned on 28 June 1913. She cost £106,700.

Service history
E5 had a very short career before and after her commissioning. She had an engine room explosion on 8 June 1913, 20 days before commissioning. 13 were killed.

E5 met her fate while rescuing the survivors of trawler Resono just north of Juist in the North Sea; she was mined on the 7 March 1916.