| Name: | E 43 |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Keel: | 22/12/1914 |
| Launched: | 10/11/1915 |
| Completed: | 20/02/1916 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 985 |
| Dimensions: | 835disp subm, 662 disp surf, 181.0 x 23.5 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 1600hp; 2 x Electric motors, 840hp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots subm, 16.0knots surf |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr gun; 5 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 20/02/1916 | British Royal Navy |
| 25/11/1921 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Member of the Admiralty E Class of submarines |
| 19/01/1917: Collided with and sank E36 off Harwich. All crew died. | |
| 03/01/1921: Sold for breaking up to South Wales Salvage Co | |
| 25/11/1921: Wrecked west of St Agnes Head, Cornwall, whilst under tow to breakers |
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