HMS Cassandra
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HMS
Cassandra was a C class light cruiser laid down at Vickers
Limited in England in March 1916. She was launched in
November that same year, and commissioned in June 1917 and
assigned to 6th Light Cruiser Squadron. She was sent to
the Baltic Sea following the Armistice in November 1918,
as part of
a British force sent to support the struggle for
independence of the Baltic states after world war one. She
hit a mine and sank 5. December 1918 outside Saaremaa.
Eleven men of the crew lost their lives in the accident.
The wreck was found in 2010 by the Estonian Navy on
a depth of 60 to 100 meter southwest of Saaremaa Island.
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 Picture: HMS Cassandra Courtesy of the Guardian |
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