HMS E 49
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HMS
E 49 was an E class submarine laid down by Swan,Hunter
& Wigham Richardson Ltd in Newcastle in February 1915,
and was launched in September 1916 for Royal Navy. She was
commissioned three months later, and under a patrol
outside the Shetland islands she hit a mine laid out by
the the German uboat UC 76 under command of Oberleutnant
zur See Wilhelm Barten. She went down in the deep 12.
March 1917 with all hands lost. The wreck rest today with
her bow broken off on a depth of 29 meter outside Huney
Island.
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N 00.48.02 W Picture: HMS E1, Sister ship of E49 World War Ships, Public domain Last updated: August 2019 |
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