HMS E7
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HMS E7 was a British E class submarine built at Chatham Dockyard. She was laid down on 30 March 1912 and was commissioned on 16 March 1914. She cost £105,700.
E7 had a short career in World War I. She took part in the Second Heligoland Bight Patrol along with HMS E5, HMS D2 and HMS D3. She and the other submarines returned from the patrol on 18 August 1914. Then on 30 June 1915, E7 began a 24 day patrol in the Sea of Marmara. She succeeded in sinking 13 ships and damaging many more.
E7 was scuttled on 4 September 1915 after being trapped by enemy nets off Nagara, Dardanelles.
[edit] References
- Submarines, War Beneath The Sea, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson.
- The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston.
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