sixbeethree Posted 11 June , 2007 Share Posted 11 June , 2007 There is a sweetheart brooch for sale on ebay inscribed with the name HMS Botha. Is any one able to tell me brief history of this ship please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 11 June , 2007 Share Posted 11 June , 2007 Faulknor Class Flotilla Leaders HMS Botha 2nd December 1914 Originally ordered by Chile they were bought by the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war. Refitted and sold to Chile in 1920 as Almirante Williams. have a look at google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixbeethree Posted 11 June , 2007 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2007 Faulknor Class Flotilla Leaders HMS Botha 2nd December 1914 Originally ordered by Chile they were bought by the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war. Refitted and sold to Chile in 1920 as Almirante Williams. have a look at google Thank you coldstreamer. I will check out google but could you tell me if the ship took part in the battle of jutland please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 11 June , 2007 Share Posted 11 June , 2007 seems not http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWI/...WWI_Jutland.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixbeethree Posted 11 June , 2007 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2007 seems not http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWI/...WWI_Jutland.htm Thank you for help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 11 June , 2007 Share Posted 11 June , 2007 no prob - never heard of the ship before so learnt something new today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 11 June , 2007 Share Posted 11 June , 2007 Sat in Rosyth during Jutland (1st Destroyer Flotilla) but did get some action with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla running from Dover in 1918. From WW1 at Sea HMS Botha, Damaged 21st March 1918, English Channel in Strait of Dover, off the Flanders coast (c 51°15N, 02°40E) - damaged by ramming, then torpedoed in error by French destroyer "Capitaine Mehl". Light forces action off Flanders. Nine German destroyers, six large torpedo boats, and four small "A-class" TB's of the Flanders Flotilla sailed to attack the coast between Dunkirk and Nieuport on the night of the 20th/21st. British monitor "Terror" opened fire, and destroyers "Botha" and "Morris", and the French "Capitaine Mehl", "Bouclier" and "Magon" sortied from Dunkirk. Other Allied ships taking part included British monitors "General Crauford" and "M-25", destroyers "Matchless", "Myngs", "North Star", and "Swift", and the French "Oriflamme". In the confused night action that followed, "Botha" opened fire, rammed and sank German torpedo boat "A-19", but was then mistaken for a German ship and torpedoed by "Capitaine Mehl". The Frenchman then in company with sister ship "Bouclier" sank the German "A-7" with gunfire and torpedoes. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historydavid Posted 12 June , 2007 Share Posted 12 June , 2007 13 men on the Botha lost their lives in that fiasco. Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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