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Lieut William Carmichael Forrest

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Lieut William Carmichael Forrest

Birth
Death
26 Apr 1881
Chile
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Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England Add to Map
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Memorial to 1st Lieutenant Forrest. He was promoted to Midshipman on 15th October 1860 and to Lieutenant on 1st February 1875. Lieutenant Forrest was lost at sea when the ship's magazine of HMS Doterel, a screw sloop of 1,320 tons exploded off Sandy Point in the Strait's of Magellan on 26th April 1881. The vessel sank in minutes and had earlier sailed from Sheerness to join the British Pacific Fleet.

Lieutenant Forrest is buried at Sandy Point.
Memorial to 1st Lieutenant Forrest. He was promoted to Midshipman on 15th October 1860 and to Lieutenant on 1st February 1875. Lieutenant Forrest was lost at sea when the ship's magazine of HMS Doterel, a screw sloop of 1,320 tons exploded off Sandy Point in the Strait's of Magellan on 26th April 1881. The vessel sank in minutes and had earlier sailed from Sheerness to join the British Pacific Fleet.

Lieutenant Forrest is buried at Sandy Point.

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