In the meeting of the British War Cabinet on Tuesday 26 June 1917 reported the First Sea Lord (1) that according to the commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Doon he believe to have destroyed an enemy submarine using depth charges on 23 June around 30 miles east south east of the Fair Island.(2)
Notes
1. Sir John Jellicoe (5 December 1959 Southampton, England-20 November 1935 Kensington, London, England), Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord 30 November 1916-10 January 1918.
2. Ordered under 1903-1904 Naval Estimates, laid down by R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 16 February 1904, launched on 8 November 1904, commissioned on 1 June 1905, laid up in 1919 and sold to be broken up on 27 May 1919. Hawthorn Leslie Type River-class destroyer preceded by B-D classes succeeded by Tribal or F-class.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB 37-23-3-17
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