Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issues/29015/pages/10920. Lieutenant Norman Douglas Holbrook. On 13th December 1914 in the Dardanelles, Lieutenant Holbrook was in command of the submarine B.11, an old and obsolete craft built in 1905. Notwithstanding the difficulties of a treacherous current in the Straits, he dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed and sank the Turkish battleship Messudiyeh, which was guarding the mine-field. He then succeeded in bringing the B.11 back to the Mediterranean, in spite of being attacked by gun fire and torpedo boats. When they got back to safety the B.11 had been submerged for 9 hours. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issues/30227/supplement/8205. GAZETTE ISSUE 30227, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War. LÉGION D'HONNEUR,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issues/29538/pages/3691.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issues/29015/pages/10920. Lieutenant Norman Douglas Holbrook. On 13th December 1914 in the Dardanelles, Lieutenant Holbrook was in command of the submarine B.11, an old and obsolete craft built in 1905. Notwithstanding the difficulties of a treacherous current in the Straits, he dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed and sank the Turkish battleship Messudiyeh, which was guarding the mine-field. He then succeeded in bringing the B.11 back to the Mediterranean, in spite of being attacked by gun fire and torpedo boats. When they got back to safety the B.11 had been submerged for 9 hours. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issues/30227/supplement/8205. GAZETTE ISSUE 30227, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War. LÉGION D'HONNEUR,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issues/29538/pages/3691.