HMS E47
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HMS E47 was a British E class submarine launched by Fairfield, Govan and completed by William Beardmore, Dalmuir. She was laid down on 29 May 1916 and was commissioned in October 1916.
HMS E47 was based at Harwich with the 9th Flotilla - depot ships HMS Maidstone and HMS Forth. She was engaged in North Sea patrols off the German & Dutch coasts. Following the resumption of German coastal shipping between Heligoland Bight and Rotterdam, 4 E-class submarines were sent to intercept. E47 was lost in the North Sea on 20 August 1917. There were no survivors.
The wreck of E47, found in 2002, lies about six nautical miles northwest of Texel. The deckgun, which was torn off of its fundaments probably by a trawler and was lying beside the wreck, has been salvaged and identifies the wreck. The wreck bears the Dutch Hydrographic Department wreck number 927, and lies in position .
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- Submarines, War Beneath the Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson ISBN 978-0060819002
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