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Bacchus incident 1925
Smiffy:
This newspaper cutting came up in passing on a Youtube channel. There's no mention of it on the old forum so I thought I'd make a post about it here.
This is what I found on naval-history.net
Tuesday, 14 April 1925
Bacchus, RFA, water distilling vessel and store-carrier, 11 men in motor-boat returning from leave, collided with motor-lighter just before midnight, six drowned in River Medway at Gillingham
CHINN, Cyril, Able Seaman, RFA
EDWARDS, Albert, Able Seaman, RFA
RIDDLE, John, Stoker, RFA
STONEHOUSE, Cyril, Radio Officer, RFA
TUCKER, Edward, Stoker, RFA
WAKELEY, Victor Mortimer, 3rd Officer, RFA
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