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HMS Hampshire Sank Off Orkney After Striking a Mine. Lord Kitchener, Conqueror of Sudan, Was Drowned.

June 5, 1916

Ireland

HMS Hampshire sank off Orkney after striking a mine. Lord Kitchener, conqueror of Sudan, was drowned.

HMS Hampshire sank off Orkney after striking a mine. Lord Kitchener, conqueror of Sudan, was drowned. This June 5, 1916 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.