E13 Submarine Tragedy... repatriation of the deceased crew through Hull.. The E13 Submarine ran aground off the Danish Island of Saltholm on the 19th August 1915 The stranded submarine was attacked by a German destroyer and set on with the loss of fifteen crew, The E13s fifteen surviving crew members were interned for the rest of the war. The Danish government fitted out the mail steamer Vidar as a chapel to transport the bodies of the casualties back to Hull, accompanied by Danish torpedo boats.Despite Denmarks neutrality, the dead British sailors were given full honours when their bodies were brought ashore
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