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HMS Nottingham

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1913 HMS Nottingham Royal Navy

Fate

The Birmingham-class Light Cruiser HMS Nottingham was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-52, in the North Sea, on August 19th, 1916. Thirty-nine crewmen were lost, including Stoker Charles Reginald Kitching, of West Hartlepool.

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