HMS Natal was a 'Warrior' type cruiser of 13,550 tons. On 30 December 1915 while anchored at Cromarty, there was an explosion aboard caused, as determined by a court of enquiry, by faulty ammunition. The Captain was hosting a film party and had invited a number of guests including his wife and children. While a number of the crew were ashore at a football match, the explosion and the subsequent sinking of the Natal resulted in the deaths of 422 crew and visitors. Of these 415 are currently remembered here. The other seven were the wives of Captain Back and Lieutenant Bennett, and Mr & Mrs Dodds and their 3 children who had been invited aboard. This community remembers those who died aboard on 30 December 1915.
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Born 1897
Died 1915
Royal Navy Z/5700 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Z/5700 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Tyneside
Royal Navy Tyneside/Z/5700 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1895
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 8460 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8460S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1869
Died 1915
Royal Navy V 336 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 336V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1896
Died 1915
Royal Navy M13756
Royal Navy M/13756 Armourer's Crew H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1890
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 5122 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5122S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1894
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 7018 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 7018S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1862
Died 1915
Royal Navy Established Skilled Labourer H.M. Dockyard
Royal Navy Established Skilled Labourer H.M. Dockyard - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1895
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 7581 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 7581S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1882
Died 1915
Royal Navy Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service H.M.H.S. "Drina."
Born 1903
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Civilian Casualty
Born 1884
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 8626 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8626S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1889
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 6814 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 6814S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1894
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 8630 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8630S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1889
Died 1915
Royal Navy 233912
Royal Navy 233912 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1891
Died 1915
Royal Navy 5/2341 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Clyde
Royal Navy Clyde 5/2341 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1894
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 8238 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8238S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1886
Died 1915
Royal Navy Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service H.M.H.S. "Drina."
Born 1897
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 7128 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 7128S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Born 1880
Died 1915
Royal Navy S 5220 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5220S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."