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H.M.S. NOTTINGHAM MEMORIAL - Taken by Nick_2 05 Jul 2013
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H.M.S. NOTTINGHAM MEMORIAL - Taken by Nick_2 05 Jul 2013
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New Photo - Taken by David Jones 08 Nov 2018
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New Photo - Taken by David Jones 08 Nov 2018
Reference WMO/146018
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CITY OF NOTTINGHAM THIS UNION JACK WAS PRESENTED TO THE VICAR AND CHURCHWARDENS OF ST MARYS CHURCH NOTTINGHAM AND WAS THE FLAG FLOWN BY H.M.S. NOTTINGHAM OF THE SECOND CRUISER SQUADRON THROUGHOUT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND ON THE 31ST MAY 1916. THE NOTTINGHAM WAS SUNK BY A TORPEDO IN THE NORTH SEA ON THE 18TH AUGUST 1916, WHEN TWENTY-ONE OF HER SHIPS COMPANY LOST THEIR LIVES. THE FLAG WAS PRESENTED BY ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM GEORGE TENNANT, K.C.B., C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O. WHO WAS NAVIGATING OFFICER OF H.M.S.NOTTINGHAM AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM ON THE 16TH DAY OF APRIL 1950. WILLIAM SHARP, LORD MAYOR THE REVEREND CANON R.H. HAWKINS, VICAR OF ST. MARYS CHURCH J.E.RICHARDS, TOWN CLERK. (It is interesting to note that the plaque records HMS Nottingham as having been part of the Second Cruiser Squadron at Jutland. In fact, as a light cruiser, she was part of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron at that battle, together with HMS Southampton, Birmingham and Dublin. The Second Cruiser Squadron was also at Jutland but it consisted of the armoured cruisers HMS Minotaur, Hampshire, Cochrane and Shannon.)
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