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Revision as of 02:26, 11 May 2014

Lieutenant Frank Alan Rothera ( – 2 August, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Lieutenant Rothera was in command of the destroyer Ariel in the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla[1] when she was lost to a mine on 2 August, 1918.[2]

Rothera died along with 48 ship mates, and Ariel was lost.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 124.
  2. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 520.

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur G. Tippet
Captain of H.M.S. Ariel
2 Aug, 1918 – ?
Succeeded by
?

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