Day: September 5, 2020

September 5 – HMS Pathfinder first RN warship sunk by a locomotive torpedo from a U boat. Roll of Honour

In 1914 six men from NI were lost in HMS Pathfinder the first RN warship to be sunk by a locomotive torpedo from a German U boat. Two WW1 nurses from Ballinderry and Magherafelt died in the course of their duty in 1915 and… Continue Reading “September 5 – HMS Pathfinder first RN warship sunk by a locomotive torpedo from a U boat. Roll of Honour”