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Lieutenant Frederick Charles Skinner, R.N. (6 December, 1883 – 16 February, 1905) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Bedford, he and three brothers were educated at Bedford Grammar School.[1]
Skinner was appointed to Thames for a course in submarines on 5 April 1904 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1905.
Skinner was killed in an explosion in A 5 the next day as she was alongside her depot ship Hazard.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "The Disaster to a Submarine." The Times (London, England), 21 Feb. 1905, p. 11.