Collision between HMS GLADIATOR and US Mail steamer ST PAUL off the Isle of Wight, 25 April 1908.
Collection of photographs and press cuttings (including a page from The Illustrated London News 12 September 1908) relating to the disaster, letters of thanks addressed to Sir Henry Earle who carried out rescue operations, and a few documents relating to the subsequent Navy Board inquiry into the distaster.
Administrative / biographical background
HMS GLADIATOR was a second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1896 at Portsmouth. She was of the Arrogant class, with a crew of 250 officers and men. She had three distinctive stacks amidships with a conspicuous bridge well forward.
Administrative / biographical background
HMS GLADIATOR was a second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1896 at Portsmouth. She was of the Arrogant class, with a crew of 250 officers and men. She had three distinctive stacks amidships with a conspicuous bridge well forward.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/Z/58; MSS/65/061 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder: 40 items |
| Date made: | 1908 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Battle of Trafalgar: including a piece of wood from the deck of HMS VICTORY and a ticket of admission to Nelson's funeral. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/1)
- Benin Expedition: press cuttings and various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/2)
- Raid on Zeebrugge, 22-23 Apr 1918: chart, watercolours and press cuttings of Capt Nevil Pritchard. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/3)
- British military authority banknote and five Japanese banknotes for use in occupied Indonesia, 1939-1945. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/4)
- Mark Robinson: documents issued by and to, consisting of flag signals, lantern signal, secret rendezvous, orders of battle and sailing instructions and special signals. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/5)
- Account of the Battle of Camperdown by Joseph Brodie, 11 Oct 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/6)
- Sir Edward Littleton: various correspondence. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/7)
- J.M. Matria, Consul-General at Tangier: various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/8)
- Naval Volunteer Home Defence Association: minutes, leaflets and letters relating to the dissolution of the Association. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/9)
- Wreck of the ROYAL GEORGE and EDGAR: sketches of operation for raising by Col Sir C. Pasley, 1839-40. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/10)
- Various documents including a report on surveying of the Persian Gulf by George H. Bruck, surveyor to the H.E.I.C. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/11)
- Documents relating to the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/12)
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