This Day in History: 1914-10-18

Sub E3 left Harwich on this day to patrol an area off Borkum.at the same time U27 was patrolling off the mouth of the Ems. At 10.25 U27 sighted E3 on the surface, she fired her torpedoes at a range of 300 yards. The resulting explosion broke E3 in half and sent her to the bottom.