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| − | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leage Dicks|nick=Henry L. Dicks|appt={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leage Dicks|nick=Henry L. Dicks|appt=19 January, 1915{{NLDec18|p. 918}}|end=}} |
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Revision as of 10:59, 19 July 2017
The Scottish town of Cromarty was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War, situated on the eastern coast.
The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Natal was destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion on 30 December, 1915 with heavy loss of life.
In Command
- Acting Captain Henry L. Dicks, 19 January, 1915[1]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 918.
