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HMS E20
HMS ''E20'' was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 25 November 1914 and was commissioned on 30 August 1915.
==Service history==
While the German Submarine ''UB-14'' had been in port on 30 November, Turkish forces had captured the before the submarine or any of the confidential papers on board could be destroyed.〔Stern, p. 30.〕 When ''Turquoise'' was caught, her commander had not signaled her predicament to anyone, so a scheduled rendezvous with the British submarine —as far as anyone other than ''Turquoise'' or the Germans and Turks knew—was still on. ''UB-14'' had been sent to keep the rendezvous,〔Stern, p. 31.〕 reportedly going so far as to radio messages in the latest British code.〔Grant, p. 33.〕 Upon arriving at the designated location, ''UB-14'' surfaced and fired a torpedo at ''E20'' from a distance of . Only when ''E20''s crew saw the torpedo did they realize something was amiss, but it was too late to avoid the weapon.〔Stern, p. 32.〕 The torpedo hit ''E20''s conning tower and sank the submarine with the loss of 21 men.〔 ''UB-14'' rescued nine men, including ''E20''s captain who,〔 reportedly, had been brushing his teeth at the time of the attack.〔Stern, p. 34.〕
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