HMS H5

HMS H5

HMS "H5", was a British H class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was sunk after being rammed by a British Merchantman "Rutherglen", mistaken for a German U-boat, on 2 March 1918. All on board perished.

Stoker Petty Officer Thomas Lloyd was among the casualties. He, and all the rest of the crew are commemorated on Panel 29 at RN Submarine Museum. Also on board was US Navy Lt. E.W.F. Childs, who became the first US Navy casualty of the First World War. The wreck site is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act.

References

* [http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-environmental/mcga-dops_row_receiver_of_wreck/mcga-dops-row-protected-wrecks/mcga-dops-sar-row.htm MCA website: controlled sites under the Protection of Military Remains Act]
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080950_en_1 SI 2008/950] Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986


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