Memorial to victims of Russian Outrage
A memorial to George Henry Smith and Richard William Leggett of the ill-fated trawler Crane, who lost their lives as a cause of action by the Russian Baltic Fleet on October 22nd 1904. The memorial also commemorates Walter Whelpton skipper of the Trawler King who died from shock on May 13th 1905. The statue was erected on Hessle Road, Hull and unveiled by Lord Nunburnholme on 30th August 1906. The Russian Fleet had mistaken 48 harmless British trawlers at Dogger Bank for an Imperial Japanese Navy force
Picture No
10507702
Media ID
45521435
Size
3158px x 5036px
(4.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1906
