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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
 
Oxley, Gilbert  271718 (Po)
Died: 11th Sep, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 35
from Elsecar, Yorkshire UK
Accidentally lost overboard in the North Sea
 
Baxter, Thomas  222926 Born: 4th Mar, 1887. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 31
from Preston, Lancashire UK
Booth, George  K 10650 Born: 7th Jan, 1893. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 25
from Sunderland, Co. Durham UK
Bryan, Frank  M 491 Born: 2nd Feb, 1893. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
from Holloway, London UK
Cary, Harold William  M 9937 Born: 16th Feb, 1892. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
from Bridgewater, Somerset UK
Casson, Richard John  J 24061 Born: 11th Jan, 1896. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
from Bromley by Bow, London UK
Davies, William  SS 115616 Born: 2nd May, 1895. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
from Liverpool, Lancashire UK
Eversfield, Frederick  J 12826 Born: 15th May, 1894. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
from Dover, Kent UK
Filkin, Robert Thomas Norman  (RNR) Born: 8th Sep, 1894. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 23
from Liverpool, Lancashire UK
Fudge, Frederick George  J 23633 Born: 20th Feb, 1896. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
from Sturminster, Dorset UK
Gill, Samuel  M 12963 Born: 3rd Mar, 1894. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
from Kerglley, Yorkshire UK
Jenkins, Percy Hayward  M 1186 Born: 24th Jun, 1884. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 34
RN DoB 24/06/1885 from Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire UK
Jones, Henry  K 7250 Born: 14th Feb, 1892. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
from Liverpool, Lancashire UK
Kiddle, William  K 6439 Born: 5th Oct, 1887. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 30
from Bethnal Green, London UK
Page, Lewis  J 12113 Born: 13th May, 1894. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 24
from Macclesfield, Cheshire UK
Phillip, John  J 14553 Born: 30th Sep, 1895. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
from Inverurie (Bourtie) Aberdeensh UK
Smith, Albert Moysey  K 16206 Born: 26th Jan, 1894. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
from Kilburn, London UK
Smith, Harry  K 13121 Born: 17th Aug, 1888. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 29
from Newbury, Berkshire UK
Smith, James Francis  J 41353 Born: 28th Dec, 1899. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Ordinary Telegraphist Aged: 18
from Kensington, London UK
Stone, Thomas Henry Pollington  312269 Born: 9th Nov, 1886. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 31
from Watford, Hertfordshire UK
Vye, Phillip Henry  J 12782 Born: 25th Oct, 1893. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 24
from Shepherds Bush, London UK
Walker, Ernest Robert  J5497 Born: 23rd Sep, 1893. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Leading Signalman Aged: 24
from Alverstoke, Hampshire UK
Weight, Robert Roland  203147 Born: 25th Sep, 1882. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Petty Officer Aged: 35
RN DoB 25/01/1883 from Newhaven, Sussex UK
Wickson, Frank Percival  SS 108970 Born: 29th Jun, 1888. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 29
from Watford, Hertfordshire UK
Woolford, Frederick Harry Leonard  J 1358 Born: 28th Sep, 1892. 
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Leading Seaman 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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