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Ldg Seaman. R. W. Hook

Royal Navy HMS Patrol

(d.16th Dec 1914)

Ldg Seaman Hook was killed when an 11inch round struck HMS Patrol was she was leaving Victoria Dock in Hartlepool on the morning of the 16th of December 1914 during the Bombardment of the Hartlepools. HMS Patrol ran aground just outside the mouth of the harbour having been hit again by a 8.2 inch shell from the German ship Bulcher.



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