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

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE13a-16 OR15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2018

Commission File Number001-35866

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 Form20-F or Form40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒                 Form40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form6-K in paper as permitted by RegulationS-T Rule 101 (b)(1).

Yes  ☐                No  ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form6-K in paper as permitted by RegulationS-T Rule 101 (b)(7).

Yes  ☐                No  ☒

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM6-K REPORT

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Limited Partners and Proxy Statement of KNOT Offshore Partners LP dated August 6, 2018 for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners to be held on September 4, 2018.

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SIGNATURE

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: August 6, 2018
	By:	/s/ John Costain
		Name:	John Costain
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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