HMS E16
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HMS E16 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 15 May 1913 and was commissioned on 27 February 1915. Her hull cost £105,700.
HMS E16 was the first E class to sink a U-Boat - U-6. She was sunk four miles south west of Karmoy island off Stavanger, Norway on 15 September 1915.
HMS E16 was sunk by a naval mine in Heligoland Bight on 24 March 1916. There were no survivors.
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- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
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