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D 6 (I 76)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: D
Fate: Torpedoed by the German U-Boat UB-73 on 28th June 1918 near Northern Ireland.
D 6 (I 76)
D 6 (I 76)

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Commanders
1912: Lieutenant   Max Kennedy Horton
1914: Lieutenant Commander   Robert C Halahan
1918: Lieutenant   Claud Barrington Barry
1918: Lieutenant   L S Brooks

1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant

Served in Home Waters.

Roll of Honour
25
Died: 11-09-1916
Oxley, Gilbert  271718 (Po)
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 11-09-1916 Aged: 35
from Elsecar, Yorkshire  UK
Accidentally lost overboard in the North Sea
Died: 28-06-1918
Baxter, Thomas  222926
Able Seaman Born: 04-03-1887 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 31
from Preston, Lancashire  UK
Booth, George  K 10650
Leading Stoker Born: 07-01-1893 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 25
from Sunderland, Co. Durham  UK
Bryan, Frank  M 491
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Born: 02-02-1893 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 25
from Holloway, London  UK
Cary, Harold William  M 9937
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Born: 16-02-1892 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 26
from Bridgewater, Somerset  UK
Casson, Richard John  J 24061
Able Seaman Born: 11-01-1896 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 22
from Bromley by Bow, London  UK
Davies, William  SS 115616
Stoker 1st Class Born: 02-05-1895 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 23
from Liverpool, Lancashire  UK
Eversfield, Frederick  J 12826
Able Seaman Born: 15-05-1894 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 24
from Dover, Kent  UK
Filkin, Robert Thomas Norman  (RNR)
Lieutenant Born: 08-09-1894 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 23
from Liverpool, Lancashire  UK
Fudge, Frederick George  J 23633
Able Seaman Born: 20-02-1896 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 22
from Sturminster, Dorset  UK
Gill, Samuel  M 12963
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Born: 03-03-1894 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 24
from Kerglley, Yorkshire  UK
Jenkins, Percy Hayward  M 1186
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Born: 24-06-1884 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 34
from Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire  UK
RN DoB 24/06/1885
Jones, Henry  K 7250
Stoker 1st Class Born: 14-02-1892 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 26
from Liverpool, Lancashire  UK
Kiddle, William  K 6439
Stoker Petty Officer Born: 05-10-1887 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 30
from Bethnal Green, London  UK
Page, Lewis  J 12113
Leading Seaman Born: 13-05-1894 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 24
from Macclesfield, Cheshire  UK
Phillip, John  J 14553
Able Seaman Born: 30-09-1895 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 22
from Inverurie (Bourtie) Aberdeensh  UK
Smith, Albert Moysey  K 16206
Stoker 1st Class Born: 26-01-1894 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 24
from Kilburn, London  UK
Smith, Harry  K 13121
Stoker 1st Class Born: 17-08-1888 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 29
from Newbury, Berkshire  UK
Smith, James Francis  J 41353
Ordinary Telegraphist Born: 28-12-1899 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 18
from Kensington, London  UK
Stone, Thomas Henry Pollington  312269
Stoker 1st Class Born: 09-11-1886 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 31
from Watford, Hertfordshire  UK
Vye, Phillip Henry  J 12782
Leading Seaman Born: 25-10-1893 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 24
from Shepherds Bush, London  UK
Walker, Ernest Robert  J5497
Leading Signalman Born: 23-09-1893 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 24
from Alverstoke, Hampshire  UK
Weight, Robert Roland  203147
Petty Officer Born: 25-09-1882 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 35
from Newhaven, Sussex  UK
RN DoB 25/01/1883
Wickson, Frank Percival  SS 108970
Stoker 1st Class Born: 29-06-1888 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 29
from Watford, Hertfordshire  UK
Woolford, Frederick Harry Leonard  J 1358
Leading Seaman Born: 28-09-1892 Died: 28-06-1918 Aged: 25
from Willesden, London  UK

Events

 24-02-1910   Laid Down
 23-10-1911   Launched
 19-04-1912   Completed
 12-05-1918   Sank UB-72
 28-06-1918   D6 was sunk by UB-73 off the coast of Ireland
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