SS Julnar
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Julnar was a 900-ton, 210-ft long river steamer built in 1908 by E. Rennie and Co. of Greenwich, London, for the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.[1]
The ship, modified and renamed HMS Julnar, was sunk in 1916 while attempting to steam upriver past Ottoman guns to re-supply British forces under siege in Kut-al-Amara during the Mesopotamian Campaign.[1] During this action, the ship was commanded by Lieutenant Humphrey Firman R.N., assisted by Lieutenant Commander Charles Cowley R.N.V.R., both of whom were posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.[2]
References
- ^ a b Winton The Victoria Cross at Sea: The Sailors, Marines and Naval Airmen awarded
- ^ "No. 29928". The London Gazette. 2 February 1917. p. 1160.
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