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HMS Princess Irene: 27 May 1915
HMS Princess Irene: 27 May 1915
Princess Irene was originally intended to be a cruise liner for the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, with the outbreak of war she was requisitioned by the navy and converted to an auxiliary Minelayer. On 27 May she was moored in the Medway Estuary being loaded with mines in preparation for a minelaying operation. Just after 11am, she exploded and disintegrated. A total of 352 people were killed. This community remembers them.
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Born 1895
Died 1915
Royal Navy K/23694 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Princess Irene
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Other Empire Force Shipwright HM Dockyard
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Born 1888
Died 1915
Royal Navy K1016 Stoker 2nd Class
Royal Navy K1016 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hyacinth
Royal Navy K1016 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Forward
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Born 1887
Died 1915
Royal Navy 229437 Able Seaman HMS Princess Irene
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Born 1894
Died 1915
Royal Navy K/23503 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Princess Irene
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Born 1896
Died 1915
Royal Navy K/23695 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Princess Irene
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Born 1895
Died 1915
Royal Navy L4497 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Princess Irene
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Born 1882
Died 1915
Royal Navy 204124 Boy 2nd Class HMS Black Prince
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Born 1894
Died 1915
Royal Navy J/6822 Signalman HMS Princess Irene
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Died 1915
Other Empire Force Hired Skilled Labourer HM Dockyard
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Born 1890
Died 1915
Royal Navy 238602 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges I
Royal Navy 238602 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges I
Royal Navy 238602 Ordinary Seaman HMS Terrible
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