Torpedoed!: The R.M.S. Leinster DisasterPeriscope Publishing Ltd., 2005 - 315 páginas The long forgotten story of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster in the dying days of the First World War is brought back to life in this tale of the disaster. The book tells the stories of those on board the Leinster and UB-123 and examines not only the sinking but also its ramifications for those left behind. |
Contenido
Foreword by Maritime Historian Dr John de Courcy Ireland | 8 |
The Holyhead to Kingstown mail boats | 21 |
Departure | 39 |
Rescue | 69 |
Aftermath | 83 |
From Then to | 96 |
Captain William Birch | 117 |
Leinsters Military Adjutant | 139 |
List of Civilian Passengers | 164 |
Passenger Minnie Donnelly | 184 |
Military Personnel on the Leinster | 194 |
LieutenantColonel Charles Blackburne and family | 213 |
The Colonials | 232 |
The Royal Navy | 256 |
Why was the Irish Seas greatest loss of life forgotten? | 278 |
U48 and the sinking of the R M S Connaught | 291 |
Términos y frases comunes
12 October Army Australian Battalion Bill Sweeney board the Leinster British brother Buried cabin Captain Birch casualties CDSPCo Cemetery command Commonwealth War Graves Cone Connaught Connolly Cork Corps Crangle crew Deansgrange deck destroyer died Dublin Dún Laoghaire Elizabeth Engineer England escorted father France Fusiliers German Graves Commission H.M.S. Lively harbour Holyhead Hospital Ireland Irish Sea James John Journal Kingstown L/Cpl launch Leinster sinking Lewis lifebelt lifeboat Limerick Liverpool London lost Maher mail boat Mary merchant ships Michael Joyce military Miss née passengers Patrick picked port Post Office Postal Sorter R.M.S. Leinster raft records Regiment rescued Robert Ramm Royal Dublin Fusiliers Royal Navy Royal Welch Fusiliers sailing Seaman Second Lieutenant second torpedo struck Sergeant ship's sister soldiers starboard side steamer Steward submarine sunk survived survivors Thomas Tom Connolly torpedo Tower Hill Tralee travelling U-boat U.S. Naval U.S. Navy Ulster vessel Wexford wife