HMS Bulwark 1914

A short video on a major disaster that has faded from public memory

[@dvddjd]

Thanks for the tribute. My Great Great Grandad James Thomas Gardner was serving on board this fateful day.

[@drekings9017]

Thank you for sharing this tribute, my ancestor Royal Naval Able Seaman Owen Phillips was part of the crew, we shall remember them...

[@johnjohnston8976]

William Hendry,join the Royal Marines age 14, and became a musician in the band of the Gunnery school, HMS Excellent. The band was moved around the fleet, and he was with the band ,when it was sent to HMS Bulwark. He was 19 then.
He was my Grandmother's Brother,so was my Great uncle. Thank's for the tribute.

[@BomBom1]

Remembering all The Brave Young Men, who perished in this Tragedy 106 years ago today.
Never Forgotten.

[@shazie131]

Rip Charles Halcoop. Stoker. The body never recovered. Thank you

[@stevehanna4345]

Hi. I am named after Chief PO Stephen Vincent Fitzgerald. He perished during the explosion on that dreadful day. He would have worked alongside your relative, they would have known each other. RIP Them all. Lest We Forget. If you would like to make contact my email is [e-mail] Thank you. Stephen Hanna

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

Thank You for this tribute. My Great Grandfather Edmund Finn died on it. As I've served in the military in my time, I've inherited the last postcard that he'd sent to my Great Grandmother.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Sadly the 'Andrew' (RN) failed to learn their lesson. Several of our battleships lost at Jutland perished for the very same reason - shells stored in corridors, combined with flashback from German shells hitting the turrets and igniting rounds on the hoists.

[@andrewwhite1793]

There are two navigation buoys in the river Medway. Bulwark North & Bulwark South, marking the seabed remains.

[@keith800]

Now designated as a war grave in the River Medway and buoyed as such , not far away is the site of the wreck of the Princess Irene a minelayer that also exploded with great loss of life and both disasters have memorials to them in the Navy part of Woodlands cemetery in Gillingham .

[@gallowaytanks2920]

RIP. Stephen Vincent Fitzgerald. Never forgotten.