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'''HMS ''E47''''' was a [[British E class submarine]] launched by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|Fairfield]], [[Govan]] and completed by [[William Beardmore and Company|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 (1912)|HMS ''Maidstone'']] and [[HMS Forth (1886)|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 {{coord|53|6|8.10|N|4|33|28.0|E|type:landmark_region:NL|display=inline,title}}.

==References ==
* {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }}

==External links==
*[http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/Letters/IdentifyingthewreckofHMSE.html Identifying the wreck of ''E47'']

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