HMS E32

HMS "E32" was a British E class submarine built by J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was launched on 16 August 1916 and commissioned in October 1916. HMS "E32" was sold in Sunderland on 6 September 1922.
Design.
Like all post-"E8" British E-class submarines, "E32" had a displacement of at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of and a beam length of . She was powered by two Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two electric motors. The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of . British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of of diesel and ranges of when travelling at . "E32" was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at .
"E32" was armed with a 12-pounder QF gun mounted forward of the conning tower. She had five 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.
E-Class submarines had wireless systems with power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was although in service some reached depths of below . Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.
Crew.
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.
Service.
"E32" was built by J. Samuel White at their Cowes, Isle of Wight shipyard. She was launched on 16 August 1916 and completed in October 1916.
In November 1916, "E32" was listed as a member of the Ninth Submarine Flotilla, part of the Harwich Force. In February 1917, "E32" was one of for submarines that deployed with the depot ship for anti-U-boat patrols off Eagle Island. Patrols in the Irish Sea continued, with "E32" spotting a German submarine on 8 March, but the German submarine escaped on the surface, outpacing "E32". On 5 April 1917, "E32" was operating with the decoy ship "Q.13" (the sloop ), when the merchant ship "Benheather" was torpedoed by the German submarine , but did not immediately sink. "E32" waited by the still floating wreck of "Benheather" for "U-46" to approach, and when the German submarine closed, fired three torpedoes, which missed.