Frederick Charles Skinner

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Lieutenant Frederick Charles Skinner, R.N. (6 December, 1883 – 16 February, 1905) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Bedford, he and three brothers were educated at Bedford Grammar School.[1]

Skinner was appointed to Thames for a course in submarines on 5 April 1904 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1905.

Skinner was killed in an explosion in A 5 the next day as she was alongside her depot ship Hazard.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Disaster to a Submarine." The Times (London, England), 21 Feb. 1905, p. 11.

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