Wreck Museum Terschelling

This museum exhibits many objects from the sea, including a command tower of the British E50 submarine.

Gun Ubootjäger 126 Steiermark
At the start of World War II, on July 18, 1940, the German Ubootjäger STEIERMARK was torpedoed ten miles north of Terschelling by the English submarine H 31. The ship was broken and sunk in the 20 meter deep water on site.

In 1987 the wreck was discovered by divers from the Frisian diving team Nordseedûkers with their ship the REDBAD. The wreck was initially called WRECK B because of a wreck buoy that had been deposited at the wreck. In that year, the wreck had to be partly inflated by divers from Smit Tak. Not knowing that a large number of depth bombs were still present, explosive materials were used. At the request of the Ecuador diving team, they have released the 8.8 cm Krupp rapid-fire cannon by applying a large jumping charge. The cannon was salvaged with the URSUS and is now in the Wrakkentuin of the Wrakkenmuseum on Terschelling. Also the port anchor of 600 kg. and provided with eagle and the letters MWM was salvaged. This anchor is now located at the clubhouse of diving team Ecuador. In the course of time, a few depth bomb sheds have been salvaged where diver Alfred van Nouhuys has prepared one for shooting.

Gun Submarine E-47
Lieutenant Edward C. Carré was commander of the submarine E-47 when she did not return from a patrol on the North Sea in August 1917. The ship was built at the Fairfield yard and later finished at the Beardmore yard. She was slightly older than a year when she died, presumably around August 20, 1917, killing the entire crew.

'Dear Sir, I would like to inform you about the following. Fits two years wreck divers or Diving team North Cape from the island Vlieland in the North of the Netherlands, made several surveys on a wreck or a British WW I submarine. The wreck lies in the north sea about six nautical miles northwest of the Frisian Island Texel. This wreck was discovered several years ago, but there was no clues to the identity of this wreck. Observations of the revenge made clear was a Royal Navy E-type submarine. Last year the deckgun, which was torn off of its fundamentals probably by a trawler and which was lying besides the wreck, was salvaged by Divingteam Ecuador from Terschelling. The number of this 12 pdr. 8 cwt Quick Firing gun, engraved in the bronze screw breech, is 1641. Correspondence with the Museum of Naval Firepower in Gosport showed that this gun was fitted on the deck of HMS E 47. The letter of Derek Gurney, Curator of the Museum of Naval Firepower, says: A gun record has been found that a 12 pdr. 8 cwt Quick Firing gun serial 1641 was issued to submarine E-47 on September 16, 1916. The last entry in the record is "Lost at Sea". A total of 26 E-type Royal Navy submarines were lost during WW I and 13 or these are lost in the North Sea. With this, I think, the save to say that the wreck is the Dutch Hydrographic Department wreck number 927, and which lies in position 53 06 810 N and 4 33 280 E, that is HMS E47. Observations on the wreck give the impression that E-47 hit a mine. The remains of the hull show a large hole at the portside or the control room section. The bow lies in an easterly direction, which might say E-47 was still on its way to it's patrol area. You can add this information to your HMS e-47 file, I might be using it now or in the future "w.g. Dirk Bruin who never received an answer from the arrogant English government.

Gun Herman Siebert
This is a 8.8 cm rapid-fire cannon from the German auxiliary minesweeper HERMAN SIEBERT. This ship sunk to the north-west of Vlieland on 1 but 1918, together with the OEVELGONNE and the torpedo boat A57. The ships ran in a minefield. The gun was made by the well-known weapon manufacturer Krupp from Essen. 26 people were killed in the ship disaster.

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Marco Swart (1), Bert Deelman (2, 4, 5), Wrakkenmuseum (3)
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