WWI British Sub E-10 wreckage found

 
Since 12-20-02

The following news clipping came to me from a SubVet friend who got it  from England in a Christmas Card.

Since it is a submarine subject, I thought you would all like to see

it...

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Found, Sub that simply vanished.

A British submarine which vanished on patrol during World War I has been found almost perfectly preserved in 120ft of water in the North Sea.

The remains of the crew of 31 will remain undisturbed in the submarine, E-10, which will become an official war grave.

The vessel is the last of the E-class submarines to be accounted for.Commanded by Lt. Cdr William St. J. Fraser, from Harwich, it was on patrol with another sub in January 1915, stalking ships of the German grand fleet, when it suddenly changed course and disappeared.

Evidence on the wreck shows it hit a mine off the island of Heligoland, near Denmark. The sub sustained damage that would have made her "sink like a stone", according to Sascha Kellersohn, leader of the German diving team which discovered her.

The E-10 was build by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness and launched on December 29, 1913. She was identified by the production number, 431, near the starboard propeller. Las year Mr. Kellersohn found another E-type, the E-16, off Scotland.

He said the latest find "allows for historical closure and for any descendants of the dead to mourn for them". Mr Kellersohn added: "We will never venture inside: it is a war grave and we have too much respect for the brave men who died with her".