Letters relating to SS IRENE incident (1927), and voyage of HMS WANDERER, 1923, from Lieutenant-Commander Brian Dean to Muriel Ahrens.

Three letters (with envelopes) believed to be from Lieutenant Commander Brian Dean to Miss Muriel Ahrens.
1) A shore leave letter from 45 Henley Road, Ipswich dated 15.4.1923 containing personal information.
2) Letter from HMS WANDERER, Mediterranean Fleet dated 10.09.1923, mentioning fog, the flotilla, Malta, Dardanelles, the Bosphorus, firing torpedoes and seeing brother who was a marine on HMS RESOLUTION.
3) Letter from HMS MAGNOLIA, China Station, Amoy, dated 8.11.1927 describing details of SS IRENE incident with Chinese pirates and British submarines attacking the boat; SS IRENE catching fire; HMS MAGNOLIA arriving at 11pm and spending the night putting the fire out; SS IRENE sinking.

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ID:	AGC/D/10
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Dean, Brian
Date made:	1923-1927
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	3 letters (with envelopes)
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Letters relating to SS IRENE incident (1927), and voyage of HMS WANDERER, 1923, from Lieutenant-Commander Brian Dean to Muriel Ahrens.

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