Frank Alan Rothera
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLieutenant 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
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Desmond Maxwell |
Captain of H.M.S. Hind 12 Nov, 1916[3] – 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Basil E. Reinold |
Preceded by Charles M. Blackman |
Captain of H.M.S. Ariel Jul, 1917[4] – 2 Aug, 1918[5] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
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