The
submarine HMS E 49 was laid down by Swan,Hunter &
Wigham Richardson Ltd in Newcastle and launched in 1916
for Royal Navy. Under a patrol outside the Shetland
islands she sailed on a mine laid out by the German uboat
UC-43 earlier. She went down 12.March 1917 and the whole
crew of 31 men perished. The wreck rest today on a depth
of approximately 30 meter outside Huney Island.
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HMS
E 49
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180,4 x 13,1 x 9,8 f
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725 grt
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Newcastle ( UK ) 1916
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Scapa Flow ( UK )
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