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HM Submarine D6
HM Submarine D6
HM Submarine D6 was laid down on 24 February 1910 by Vickers at its Barrow shipyard, launched 24 October 1911 and was commissioned on 19 April 1912. D6 was sunk by UB-73 73 miles north of Inishtrahull Island off the west coast of Ireland on 24 June 1918. Of the crew of 26, there were two survivors, Lieutenant Samuel Arthur Brooks and Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Secker Bell, both who were taken prisoner.
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Born 1892
Royal Navy J1358
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Born 1896
Died 1918
Royal Navy J23633 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE
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Born 1897
Died 1973
Royal Navy Captain
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS CANADA
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Born 1892
Died 1918
Royal Navy M9937 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class H.M. Submarine D6
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Born 1887
Died 1918
Royal Navy 222926 Able Seaman HM Submarine D6
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