These first successes were followed by many courageous exploits. Particularly important were the operations carried out in the enemy waters of the Baltic and the Sea of Marmara where our submarines operated with devastating effect during the early years of the war. Indeed, E11s 'career of destruction' earned her commander, Lieutenant Commander Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, the Victoria Cross. The commander of E14, Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey White, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the Dardanelles in January 1918.
Very rarely did German and British submarines come into direct action but, in October 1914, when U27 and E3 met off the German coast, the latter was cut in two by a torpedo and was lost with all hands.
