And another one reappears in the history books. "For 100 years it has kept its secrets, lying almost forgotten on the seabed. The first British submarine to fire a torpedo in the First World War vanished in 1916. But now the descendants of the 29 brave crewmen who died at last know its fate. Divers found the remarkably intact hull of HMS E5 off the coast of the Netherlands after securing an agreement for a brief suspension of the busy shipping lane beneath which it rests. Built in Barrow-in-Furness and commissioned in 1913, HMS E5 – the Royal Navy didn't start naming its submarines until 1942 – was feared to have struck a mine while rescuing survivors from a stricken trawler near Heligoland Bight on March 7, 1916. Its resting place remained a mystery until amateur maritime archaeologists won permission to examine a wreck off Schiermonnikoog, near the German border. Encrusted with limpets and barnacles, it proved to be that of the 178ft E5, its hatches open in a poignant indication that its crew made a vain effort to escape. Its conning tower, which once bore its identifying 'pennant number' of 85, lay nearby on the seabed but there was no sign of major damage to the hull, indicating that it was not sunk as a result of enemy action. Remy Luttik, who led the Zeester diving team, said: 'A piece of the puzzle of the maritime history of the North Sea has surfaced. The results offer hope for relatives looking for their missing loved ones.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3955396/Found-WWI-sub-took-29-men-doom-Fate-brave-British-sailors-vanished-sea-finally-revealed-ship-s-hull-Dutch-coast-100-years-on.html#ixzz4QbOckNCD
