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{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}

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|Ship country= United Kingdom
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|Ship name= ''E26''
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|Ship ordered=29 April 1914
|Ship builder=[[William Beardmore and Company|William Beardmore]], [[Dalmuir]]
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|Ship class=[[British E-class submarine|E-class]] [[submarine]]
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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|662|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|807|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|181|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × {{convert|800|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel
*2 × {{convert|420|hp|0|abbr=on}} electric
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|Ship speed=*{{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|10|kn}} submerged
|Ship range=*{{convert|3000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|65|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced
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*5 × [[British 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)
*1 × [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|12-pounder gun]]

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[[File:HMS_E20.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Sailors standing aboard HMS E20 in 1915|HMS E20 in 1915]]
'''HMS ''E26''''' was a [[British E-class submarine]] built by [[William Beardmore and Company]], [[Dalmuir]]. She was, along with the future {{HMS|E25||2}}, one of a pair of submarines ordered by the [[Ottoman Navy]] on 29 April 1914, but was taken over by the [[Royal Navy]] and assigned the ''E26'' name. She was [[keel laying|laid down]] in November 1914, [[launched (ship)|launched]] on 11 November 1915, and was commissioned on 3 October 1915.

HMS ''E26'' was lost with all hands in the [[North Sea]], probably in the vicinity of the eastern Ems, on or about 3 July 1916. Her wreck has been found by a group of Dutch divers in 2006.<ref name="Royal">Royal Naval Submarine Museum. ''Submarine losses 1904 to present day''. &nbsp;p.6 [https://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201014729/https://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=5|date=1 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-03 |title=Nederlandse Noordzee-duikers identificeren Engelse onderzeeboot uit Eerste Wereldoorlog {{!}} Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed |url=https://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/nieuws/nederlandse-noordzee-duikers-identificeren-engelse-onderzeeboot-uit-eerste-wereldoorlog |access-date=2024-03-29 |archive-date=3 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103003421/https://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/nieuws/nederlandse-noordzee-duikers-identificeren-engelse-onderzeeboot-uit-eerste-wereldoorlog |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

==Design==
Like all post-''E8'' [[British E-class submarine]]s, ''E26'' had a displacement of {{convert|662|LT|t}} at the surface and {{convert|807|LT|t}} while submerged. She had a total length of {{convert|180|ft|m}}<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013">{{cite book|author1=Innes McCartney|author2=Tony Bryan|title=British Submarines of World War I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWFapIxWZSUC&pg=PA11|date=20 February 2013|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-4728-0035-0|pages=11–12}}</ref> and a beam of {{convert|22|ft|8.5|in}}. She was powered by two {{convert|800|hp}} Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two {{convert|420|hp}} electric motors.<ref name=Akerman>Akerman, P. (1989). ''Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901&ndash;1955''. &nbsp;p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN|1-904381-05-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|title=E Class|publisher=Chatham Submarines|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813023119/http://csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}. British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of {{convert|50|LT|t}} of diesel and ranges of {{convert|3255|mi|km nmi}} when travelling at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}.<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013"/> ''E26'' was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at {{convert|5|kn|km/h mph}}.

''E26'' was armed with a [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun|12-pounder {{convert|76|mm|abbr=on}}]] [[quick firing gun|QF]] gun, mounted forward of the conning tower. She had five [[British 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.<ref name=Akerman/>

E-Class submarines had wireless systems with {{convert|1|kW}} power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to {{convert|3|kW}} systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was {{convert|100|ft}} although in service some reached depths of below {{convert|200|ft}}. Some submarines contained [[Fessenden oscillator]] systems.<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013"/>

==Crew==
Her [[Ship's company|complement]] was three officers and 28 men.<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | editor-last = Gardiner | editor-first = Robert | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | url = https://archive.org/details/allworldsfightin00rgre | url-access = limited | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 1985 | isbn = 978-0-87021-907-8 | oclc = 12119866 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/allworldsfightin00rgre/page/n97 88], 392 }}
* {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Say | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/janessubmarinesw0000hutc }}

==External links==
*[http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=5 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925133847/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=5 |date=25 September 2015 }}

{{British E class submarine}}
{{July 1916 shipwrecks}}
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