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Wednesday 1 June 2016

Battle of Jutland

With the 100th anniversary of this major naval action of World War One I was interested to find that one of my Great Uncles (George Gowers) was a Stoker Petty Officer aboard HMS Southampton, a light cruiser which was Flag Ship of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron commanded  by Commodore William Goodenough. The Southampton torpedoed the German light cruiser Frauenlob causing her to capsize taking most of the ships complement to the bottom. Great Uncle served in the Royal Navy until 1922.  This is a photo of HMS Southampton.
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