HMS E23

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HMS E23 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on the 28 September 1914 and was commissioned on 6 December 1915.

HMS E23 torpedoed the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen (18,900 tons) holing her off Terschelling on 19 August 1916.

HMS E23 was sold on 6 September 1922 in Sunderland.

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  • Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson.