Holbrook N.S.W.

Holbrook – Submarine Town, Australia

Jarrett, Hugh · Dec 27, 1996 ·

In December 1914, Lieutenant Douglas Norman Holbrook, RN, captain of a small old submarine, B11, penetrated the narrows in the Dardanelles and sank the Turkish cruiser, MESUDIYEH. This earned him ...

Submarine Sinks Battleship – Holbrook VC

Weston, Bert E. · Mar 2, 1996 ·

Commander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC, who won the first Victoria Cross to be gazetted in the Royal Navy in WWI, for his exploit in sinking the Turkish battleship MESSOUDIEH, inside the Sea ...

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