The HMS Victoria Disaster (Pt 2)

Season: 6 Episode: 10

On 22 June 1893, HMS Victoria, flagship of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet, collided with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres in the Eastern Mediterranean.

In part two of this tale, we continue to eavesdrop on the court martial to determine who exactly was to blame

CAST

Rear Admiral Markham - Steve Sheperd

Captain Maurice Bourke - Joe Wilson

President - Marcus Kepple-Palmer

Prosecutor - Molly Jefferies

Lieutenant Lord Gillford - Julian Kendell

Lieutenant Henry Buller-Bradshaw - David James-Haile

Judge - Tony Allen

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

Tripoli (Victoria) Naval Cemetery

Royal Collection Trust

Dreadnought Project

Find-a-Grave

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Intro music by The Model Folk 

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