- HMS E49
HMS "E49" was a
British E class submarine built bySwan Hunter ,Wallsend . She was laid down on15 February 1915 and was commissioned on14 December 1916 .HMS "E49" was mined off the
Shetland Islands on12 March 1917 . The minefield was laid byU-boat UC-76 on10 March 1917 . There were no survivors.HMS "E49" now lies 16 fathoms down with her bows blown off.
References
* "Submarines, War Beneath the Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson ISBN 978-0060819002
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