HMS E17
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HMS E17 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 16 February 1915 and was commissioned on 7 April 1915.
HMS E17 was wrecked of Texel in the North Sea on 6 January 1916. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch cruiser Noord Brabant. They were interned.
The conning tower of E17 is preserved as a monument at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, UK
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- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
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