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Sinking of HMS Hampshire - Mine Loss

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1916Date range
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Chronological records

1916

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum5 June 1916

Orkneys · Warfare / Military

HMS Hampshire struck a mine west of Orkney and sank rapidly while carrying Kitchener to Russia; only twelve men survived.

Names involved

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum

Provenance

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