HMS E41

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HMS E41 was a British E class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 26 July 1915 and was commissioned in February 1916.

HMS E41 collided with HMS E4 on the surface during exercises off Harwich on 15 August 1916. Sixteen crewmembers were lost but fifteen escaped including seven from the bottom. HMS E41 was raised in September 1917 and was recommissioned.

HMS E41 was sold in Newcastle on 6 September 1922.

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  • Submarines, War Beneath the Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson ISBN 978-0-06-081900-2