- HMS E19
HMS "E19" was an E-class submarine of the
Royal Navy , commissioned in1914 atVickers ,Barrow-in-Furness . colledge] DuringWorld War I she was part of theBritish submarine flotilla in the Baltic .Under the command of Lieutenant Commander
Francis Cromie , [ [http://www.dykmag.net/sv/docs/b_skandinavien/dyk_skan_vrak.php?skan_id=2 Vrakdykning Deluxe] ] "E19" was able to sink several German ships, most notably on the11 October 1915 when she sank 4 German transport ships, just south ofÖland , within a few hours and without any casualties. [ [http://www.ocean-discovery.org/e19.htm The E19 massacre] ] [ [http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/sub-mass.htm The Submarine Massacre of 1915] ] On7 November 1915 "E19" sunk the German light cruiser of SMS "Undine"."E19" was scuttled by her crew outside
Helsinki 1.5nm south ofHarmaja Light,Gulf of Finland , along with "E1", "E8", "E9", "C26", "C27", and "C35" to avoid seizure by advancing German forces who had landed nearby. [ [http://www.hylyt.net/hylky.jsp?id=e19 E 19] in hylyt.net fi icon] [ [http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/Submarines/submarines.htm Finnish Submarines] in [http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/ Finnish Navy in World War II] ]Trivia
A beer, "Slottskällans Vrak", has been brewed using yeast recovered from beer bottles found on the wreck of SS "Nicomedia", a ship sunk by "E19" off Öland. [ [http://www.slottskallan.se/produkt.asp?id=8 Vrak - direkt från SS "Nicomedia"] ]
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