HMS "VICTORY"

during this Question for Short Debate tabled by Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn -
28 November 2012: Lord Faulkner of Worcester......
I speak as chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on War Heritage.
I will refer to an issue that was brought to my attention earlier this year: the looting of three Royal Navy cruisers that were sunk in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands in September 1914. HMS "Hogue", HMS "Cressy" and HMS "Aboukir" were torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine "U-9" while on active service and lie at a depth of 33 metres. The majority of the crew of the three ships, around 1,500 naval personnel, lost their lives in the action; therefore, the wrecks are their war graves.

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