HMS E39

HMS E39 was a British E class submarine of the Royal Navy, launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1916 and completed by Armstrong Whitworth. She was launched on 18 May 1916 and commissioned in October 1916. Like the later boats of her class she displaced 662 long tons on the surface and 807 long tons submerged, was 180 feet long, and was driven by two Vickers eight cylinder two stroke diesel engines and two electric motors, reaching 16 knots on the surface and 10 knots submerged. She carried a 12 pounder gun and five 18 inch torpedo tubes, with a crew of three officers and 28 men. She was sold in October 1921 and foundered in December 1922 while on tow to the shipbreakers.