Difference between revisions of "Arthur Walter Forbes"

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Lieutenant Arthur Walter Forbes, D.S.O., (5 May, 1892 – 6 March, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

On 5 April, 1917, Forbes was captain of the submarine C 7 and he sank UC 68 in a night attack near the Schouwen Bank.^[1]^[2]

On 6 March, 1918, he was killed when his new command, submarine H 5 was rammed by the S.S. Rutherglen in Carnarvon Bay.^[3]^[4]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by George F. Bradshaw	Captain of H.M.S. C 7 before 5 Apr, 1917^[5]	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Cromwell H. Varley	Captain of H.M.S. H 5 ? – 6 Mar, 1918^[6]	Succeeded by ?

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