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'''Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} '''Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith''' ( – 19 September, 1901) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Smith was appointed in command of the new {{UK-Cobra|f=t}} in September, 1901.  He had her for just about two hours before terrible rolling precipitated her loss.<ref>Weaver and Mayo, p. 180.</ref>
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Smith was appointed in command of the new {{UK-Cobra|f=t}} in September, 1901.  He had her for just about two hours before terrible rolling precipitated the loss of the vessel, which had proven too light in construction.<ref>Weaver and Mayo, p. 180.</ref> Sixty-seven men, including Smith, died in the tragedy.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:25, 7 February 2017

Lieutenant Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith ( – 19 September, 1901) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Smith was appointed in command of the new destroyer Cobra in September, 1901. He had her for just about two hours before terrible rolling precipitated the loss of the vessel, which had proven too light in construction.[1] Sixty-seven men, including Smith, died in the tragedy.

See Also

Bibliography

  • Weaver, Frederic William, M.A., F.S.A. and Mayo, Charles Herbert, M.A., R.D. (1907). Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset. Volume X. Sherborne: J. C. and A. T. Sawtell.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Cobra
Sep, 1901[2] – 19 Sep, 1901
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Weaver and Mayo, p. 180.
  2. Weaver and Mayo, p. 180.

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