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Remni May 27 2020 remembrance ni 27 May - Majestic and Princess Irene lost in 1915. Operation Dynamo at Dunkirk continues. Hunt for Bismarck in 1941 Battleship HMS Majestic was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-21 off Cape Helles, Dardanelles. 49 of her crew died. Four were from Northern Ireland. Nine from NI were lost in Princess Irene. Page 1 HMS Majestic. HMS Majestic was a battleship and the lead ship of the Majestic class. She served as the flagship of the Channel Squadron from commissioning for eight years whence she went in and out of reserve until WW1. She was relegated to secondary duties when recommissioned and for the Dardanelles Campaign she was despatched as a mine clearer. On 27 May Majestic was anchored inshore amongst transports and escorts when a periscope was sighted 400 yards away and a torpedo wake streaming through a gap in the nearby ships. Despite her anti-torpedo nets being out, the torpedo fired by U.21 passed straight through the heavy mesh and hit her amidships. It was followed by another one and within seven minutes Majestic, betraying the lack of internal torpedo protection common to her generation, capsized. Forty nine men were killed, mostly by the exploding torpedoes, and the upturned ship rested on the remains of her masts for months, her keel protruding above the water, until at the end of 1915 they collapsed and she sank beneath the waves. ROLL OF HONOUR HMS MAJESTIC +MILLAR, Thomas RN. AB. Gunner. 165506. HMS Majestic. Died 27/05/1915. Broadway, Belfast. Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 5. Broadway - PCI RH Page 2 +MURRAY, James AB. 172205. HMS Majestic. Died 27/05/1915. Age 40. Born Shankill, Belfast. Son of Richard Loughlin Murray and Eliza Murray, Mountpottinger Rd., Belfast. Plymouth Naval Memorial +PREECE, Samuel Charles RN. Stoker I. SS/103563. HMS Majestic. Died 27/05/1915. Enrolled 15/08/1906 for 5 and 7 years. Served to 12/05/1911. Joined RFR 13/08/1911. War service from 13/07/1914 in Victorious, Doris and Majestic (02/08/1914 - 27/05/15). Born Holmer, Herefordshire, 02/02/1886. Upper Townsend St., Belfast. Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 6. IMR. ADM 188/1109/103563 +SCOTT, William RN. AB. 216800. HMS Majestic. Died 27/05/1915. Age 31. Majestic was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Dardanelles. William had served in Calliope, Royal Oak, and Magnificent. Born Bangor 18/04/1884. Worked as an apprentice Clerk in Milford Weaving Company. Although he signed on for usual 12-year term in 1902, just over seven years later, on 09/05/1908, William's service document records 'Shore purchase' which usually means he purchased his release from service. It also records he joined the RFR (Royal Fleet Reserve) on 10/05/1908. On the outbreak of war, William was recalled for service and joined Majestic on 02/08/1914. On 03/03/1909, William, now working for the Milfort Weaving Company, married Annie Allen Johnston in St Anne’s Parish Church, Belfast. Annie was living at 6 Castleton Avenue, Belfast. William and his family moved subsequently to Parkmount Street, Belfast. Page 3 Son of William and Agnes Scott, Albert St., Bangor. His wife and children lived in Kysemne Terrace, Croft St., Bangor. Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 6. Bangor Grammar School archives. Harmony Masonic Lodge 286, Bangor. Family memorial, Bangor New Cemetery. Bangor RBL Memorial plaque. First Bangor PCI RH. ADM 188/380/216800 HMS Princess Irene On 27th May, 1915, HMS Princess Irene exploded and disintegrated when moored in the Medway estuary in Kent. This occurred a few months after a similar explosion in HMS HMS Princess Irene (built 1914 as a liner for the Canadian Pacific Railway, requisitioned as minelayer 1915) exploded while loading mines at Sheerness, killing 352 people on board and on shore. Debris landed up to 20 miles away. Page 4 Bulwark. Eight men from Northern Ireland died in Princess Irene. HMS Princess Irene was moored between Port Victoria and Sheerness in Saltpan Reach. She was being loaded with mines in preparation for a minelaying mission. As the mines were being primed on the ship's decks, there was a massive explosion. A column of flame 300 feet high was followed a few seconds later by another of similar height and a pall of smoke reaching to 1,200 feet hung over the spot where Princess Irene had been. The explosion also destroyed two barges that were lying alongside Irene. mines were being primed on the ship's decks, there was a massive explosion. Although the explosion was much larger than that which had destroyed HMS Bulwark, the loss of life was somewhat smaller. Of the Princess Irene's complement of 225 officers and men, three were ashore that morning. Also on board was a party of 80 Petty Officers from Chatham plus 76 Sheerness Dockyard workers. A total of 352 people were killed,including 273 officers and men, and the 76 dockyard workers. There were eight men from Northern Ireland known to be amongst the fatalities. On the Isle of Grain a girl of nine was killed by flying débris, and a farmhand died of shock. A collier half a mile away had its crane blown off its mountings. A part of one of Princess Irene's boilers landed on the ship; a man working on the ship died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a piece of metal weighing 70 pounds Wreckage was flung up to 20 miles away, with people near Sittingbourne being injured by flying débris. Severed heads Page 5 were found at Hartlip and on the Isle of Grain. A case of butter landed at Rainham, six miles away. A 10 ton section of the ship landed on the Isle of Grain. The Admirality’s oil storage tanks there were damaged. The sole survivor from Princes Irene was a stoker, who suffered severe burns. Three of her crew had a lucky escape as they were ashore at the time. The victims whose bodies were recovered were buried at Woodlands Road Cemetery, Gillingham. A memorial service for the victims was held at the Dockyard Church, Sheerness on 1 June 1915. It was led by Randal Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Inquests were held on two victims of the disaster.The coroner stated that he did not intend to hold an inquest for any other victim unless there were exceptional circumstances that warranted it. A Court of Inquiry was held into the loss of Princess Irene. Evidence was given that priming of the mines was being carried out hurriedly and by untrained personnel. A faulty primer was blamed for the explosion. The explosion on Princess Irene was much larger than that which had destroyed HMS Bulwark six months earlier although the loss of life was less.Regrettably other similar incidents were to follow and the greatest naval loss of life in one incident in World War 1 was akin to the fate of Bulward and Princess Irene. Those lost on Bulwark and Irene are commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Page 6 Naval War Memorial to HMS Bulwark and HMS Princess Irene A memorial to those lost on Bulwark and Princess Irene was erected at the Dockyard Church, Sheerness in 1921. It was dedicated by Archdeacon Ingles, the Chaplain of the Fleet. It was unveiled by Hugh Evan-Thomas, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Victims of both ships are also commemorated on the Naval War Memorial at Southsea. Another memorial was placed in Woodlands Road Cemetery, Gillingham, as part of the Naval Burial Ground ROLL OF HONOUR HMS PRINCESS IRENE +CARELTON, John RN. Leading Stoker. K11026. HMS Princess Irene. Died 27/05/1915. Age 24. Enrolled 20/04/1911 for 12 years. War service in Forward, Roxburgh and Pembroke II (Princess Irene). Born Belfast 28/09/1892. Son of William and Mary Carleton, Belgrave St., Belfast. Chatham Naval Memorial. Londonderry, The Diamond WM. ADM 188/889/11026 +KANE, Christopher Able Seaman. 191225. HMS Princess Irene. Died 27/05/1915. Aged 34. Son of Patrick and Kate Kane. Born: St. James, Dublin 25/12/1880. Husband to Ethel Alice Kane, Page 7 Garden Row, Cobridge, Hanley, Staffs. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 7. Ballycastle WM +LARMOUR, James Kenwick RN. Stoker. K/24617. HMS Princess Irene. Died 27/05/1915. Age 19. Enrolled 06/03/1915 for hostilities. In Pembroke II and Princess Irene. Born Belfast 05/10/1896. Lilliput Street, Belfast. Photo in Belfast Telegraph 18/06/1915. Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 12. Newington - PCI RH. ADM 188/916/24617 +MAXWELL, James RN. Stoker II. K24593. HMS Princess Irene. Died 27/05/1915. Age 20. Enrolled 03/02/1915 for hostilities. Pembroke II and Princess Irene. Born Belfast 13/04/1895. Son of Joseph and Catherine Maxwell, Barbour St., Greencastle, Belfast. Photo in Belfast Telegraph 18/06/1915. Chatham Naval Memorial. Panel 12. Whitehouse - PCI RH. ADM 188/916/24593 +McADOREY, John RN. AB. 225486. HMS Princess Irene. Died 27/05/1915. Age 32. Enrolled 12/04/1903 for 12 years. War service in Latona, and Princess Irene (09/03/1915 - 27/05/1915). Born Belfast 12/04/1885. Son of the late John McAdorey, Garmoyle St., Belfast. Photo Belfast Telegraph 18/06/1915. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. ADM 188/397/225486 +McENROE, Matthew RN. Stoker II. K24912. HMS Princess Irene. Died 27/05/1915. Age 19. Enrolled 16/03/1915 for hostilities. In Pembroke I and Princess Irene. Born Balbriggan, Dublin Page 8 21/10/1896. Resided with brother-in-law, Union St., Londonderry. Photo Belfast Telegraph 18/06/1915. ADM 188/916/24912 +McMURRAY, Alexander RN.
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