Collision between HMS GLADIATOR and US Mail steamer ST PAUL off the Isle of Wight, 25 April 1908.

Collection of photographs and press cuttings (including a page from The Illustrated London News 12 September 1908) relating to the disaster, letters of thanks addressed to Sir Henry Earle who carried out rescue operations, and a few documents relating to the subsequent Navy Board inquiry into the distaster.

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ID:	HSR/Z/58
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1908
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder: 40 items
Parts:	Records And Descriptions relating to Historical Events (Manuscript) Battle of Trafalgar: including a piece of wood from the deck of HMS VICTORY and a ticket of admission to Nelson's funeral. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/1) Benin Expedition: press cuttings and various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/2) Raid on Zeebrugge, 22-23 Apr 1918: chart, watercolours and press cuttings of Capt Nevil Pritchard. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/3) British military authority banknote and five Japanese banknotes for use in occupied Indonesia, 1939-45. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/4) Mark Robinson: documents issued by and to, consisting of flag signals, lantern signal, secret rendezvous, orders of battle and sailing instructions and special signals. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/5) Account of the Battle of Camperdown by Joseph Brodie, 11 Oct 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/6) Sir Edward Littleton: various correspondence. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/7) J.M. Matria, Consul-General at Tangier: various letters. 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Collision between HMS GLADIATOR and US Mail steamer ST PAUL off the Isle of Wight, 25 April 1908.

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