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Description: | British officer served aboard submarine B11 in Mediterranean, 1914; sank Messudieh in Dardanelles, 13/12/1914
REEL 1 Account of operations aboard B11 submarine in Dardanelles, 13/12/1914: prior posting to patrol outside Dardanelles to prevent escape of Goeben, 8/1914; selection for mission; plans; method of passing Narrows minefield; problems with currents; successful torpedoing of Messudieh in Sari Sighlar Bay; navigational difficulties; temporarily running aground; use of prevailing current in returning through minefield; opinion of crew and post war contacts with them; failure of later French attempt to pass Narrows. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Holbrook, Norman Douglas | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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