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 | | HMS Dunraven was a Q-Ship of the Royal Navy during World War I. On August 8, 1917, 130 miles southwest of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay, disguised as the collier Boverton and commanded by Captain Gordon Campbell V.C., Dunraven spotted Unterseeboot 71, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel. |
 | | British destroyer HMS Christopher picked up Dunravens survivors and took her in tow for Plymouth, but Dunraven sank at 1:30 am early on August 10, 1917 to the north of Ushant. |
 | | Two Victoria Crosses were awarded by ballot, one to the ships First Lieutenant, Lt. Charles George Bonner RNR, and the other to a 4 inch (102 mm) gunlayer, Petty Officer Ernest Herbert Pitcher. |
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