KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) 6-K Knot Offshore Partners LP

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2015

Commission File Number 001-35866

KNOT Offshore Partners LP

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2 Queen’s Cross

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

United Kingdom

AB15 4YB

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x            Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b)(1).

Yes  ¨            No   x

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ITEM 1—INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of KNOT Offshore Partners LP dated May 7, 2015.

ITEM 2—EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report:

99.1 Press Release

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	KNOT OFFSHORE PARTNERS LP
Date: May 7, 2015	By:	/s/ ARILD VIK
	Name:	Arild Vik
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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