England Hull minnesmerke over tre tråler-skippere drept 1904 - 1905

England Hull minnesmerke over tre tråler-skippere drept 1904 - 1905

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"A memorial to George Henry Smith and Richard William Leggett of the ill-fated trawler 'Crane', who lost their lives as a cause of action by the Russian Baltic Fleet on October 22nd 1904. The memorial also commemorates Walter Whelpton skipper of the Trawler 'King' who died from shock on May 13th 1905. The statue was erected on Hessle Road, Hull and unveiled by Lord Nunburnholme on 30th August 1906. The Russian Fleet had mistaken 48 harmless British trawlers at Dogger Bank for an Imperial Japanese Navy force".