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H.M.S. 'Hampshire' raft wood fragment
Timber. One piece of packing case with 'HAMPSHIRE' stencilled on and a knot of wood see REL0268.1. With a photograph in an envelope of a raft on a beach. On the back of the photograph: 'Raft from wreck of Hampshire Kitchener's Last Voyage. Flotsam Skaill Bay Aug 1916'. On wrapping paper ' Two pieces of wood belonging to HMS Hampshire'. HMS 'Hampshire' was sunk by a mine off the Orkneys on 5 June 1916. Lord Kitchener was amongst those lost.
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Object details
| ID: | REL0268 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Timber |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918; World War I: Loss of HMS Hampshire, 1916 |
| Vessels: | Hampshire (1903) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Lord Alfred Kitchener, Alfred |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 8 mm x 381 mm x 102 mm |
| Parts: | H.M.S. 'Hampshire' raft wood fragment |