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Middleton died when his {{UK-Tiger}} was sunk in a collision with the {{UK-1Berwick|f=t}} on 2 April, 1908.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1900) Wikipedia].</ref>
Middleton died when his {{UK-1Tiger}} was sunk in a collision with the {{UK-1Berwick|f=t}} on 2 April, 1908.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1900) Wikipedia].</ref>


At the time of the loss, {{UK-Tiger}} was conducting night exercises off the Isle of Wight with the Portsmouth Flotilla.  The "enemy" were six ships led by the {{UK-PrinceGeorge|f=t}} on transit to Portland.  ''Tiger'' was the second of three destroyers in the second division to make an attack, led by {{UK-1Recruit}}.  When ''Recruit'' fired a flare to signal a mock torpedo firing, she peeled off to starboard to clear the enemy ships, but ''Tiger'' kept going straight for some reason.  The second ship in the enemy line, {{UK-1Berwick}} struck her amidships and broke her in two.  The bow section sank quickly without survivors, and twenty-two survived from the stern section.{{HepperLosses|p. 20}}
At the time of the loss, {{UK-1Tiger}} was conducting night exercises off the Isle of Wight with the Portsmouth Flotilla.  The "enemy" were six ships led by the {{UK-PrinceGeorge|f=t}} on transit to Portland.  ''Tiger'' was the second of three destroyers in the second division to make an attack, led by {{UK-1Recruit}}.  When ''Recruit'' fired a flare to signal a mock torpedo firing, she peeled off to starboard to clear the enemy ships, but ''Tiger'' kept going straight for some reason.  The second ship in the enemy line, {{UK-1Berwick}} struck her amidships and broke her in two.  The bow section sank quickly without survivors, and twenty-two survived from the stern section.{{HepperLosses|p. 20}}


==See Also==
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Revision as of 16:19, 10 March 2017

Lieutenant William Edmund Middleton, R.N. (18 January, 1880 – 2 April, 1908) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Middleton died when his Tiger was sunk in a collision with the armoured cruiser Berwick on 2 April, 1908.[1]

At the time of the loss, Tiger was conducting night exercises off the Isle of Wight with the Portsmouth Flotilla. The "enemy" were six ships led by the battleship Prince George on transit to Portland. Tiger was the second of three destroyers in the second division to make an attack, led by Recruit. When Recruit fired a flare to signal a mock torpedo firing, she peeled off to starboard to clear the enemy ships, but Tiger kept going straight for some reason. The second ship in the enemy line, Berwick struck her amidships and broke her in two. The bow section sank quickly without survivors, and twenty-two survived from the stern section.[2]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ernest K. Loring 		Captain of H.M.S. Welland
10 Mar, 1905[3] 		Succeeded by
William F. Blunt
Preceded by
Reginald G. Coplestone 		Captain of H.M.S. Tiger
28 May, 1906[4] – 2 Apr, 1908[5] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 20.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 397.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 386.
  5. ↑ Wikipedia.

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