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Description: | Sub-Lieutenant A Battine. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Valentine. Death: Not known.
He served with the V class destroyer HMS Valentine, 13th Destroyer Flottilla, Grand Fleet which formed part of the Queensferry Patrol off the Scottish coast during 1917 - 1918. The ship saw action in the Heligoland Bight on 17th November 1917, when she engaged enemy cruisers and a German minesweeper was sunk. On 15 April 1918, HMS Valentine participated in the action in the Kattegat, during which ten German armed trawlers were destroyed and 110 prisoners taken, but sustained damage which required repairs in Birkenhead. Lt Battine is believed to have survived the War. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | VALENTINE (HMS) Royal Navy 1914-1918 A destroyer Royal Navy Gallantry Naval Warfare Battine | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Swaine F A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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