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HMS Hampshire

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HMS Hampshire. 05/06/1916
​
Displacement: 10,850  grt.

Length: 137.2 m.    Beam: 20.9 m.   Draught: 7.3 m.

Propulsion: 2 x 4 cyl. triple expansion engines, 23 Yarrow boilers, dual shaft, 2 screws
 
Complement:   officers and men.

Armament: 4 x 7.5"/190.5 mm guns, 6 x 6"/152.4 mm guns, 18 x 3 pdr. guns, 2 x 18"/450 mm T.T.
​

In 2016 there were two remarkable initiatives to remember HMS Hampshire 100.  The first was a group of historians who painstakingly went over the records to establish the actual number of those lost and create a memorial dedicated to them  at the Kitchener Memorial Marwick ............


Link to crew list and memorial page for HMS Hampshire.   http://hmshampshire.org/


The second was a diving survey of the actual wreck site 100 years after HMS Hampshire sank. The full report can be downloaded below 


​Link to HMS Hampshire 100 report. HERE 

The Kitchener Memorial, Marwick Head. 

Picture
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Orkney Herald, and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette for the Orkney & Zetland Islands - Wednesday 31 January 1917
​​Some crew images are displayed below; photographs that have been discovered during research.
Unknown HMS Hampshire casualty
John WH Beechey Stoker 1st Class (Po) K 16587 Image courtesy of P Govier/L Campbell
Stoker William Jamieson
Leading Stoker William Northcotte
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