Frank Alan Rothera

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Lieutenant Frank Alan Rothera ( – 2 August, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Lieutenant Rothera was in command of the destroyer Ariel in the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla[1] when she was lost to a mine on 2 August, 1918.[2]

Rothera died along with 48 ship mates, and Ariel was lost.

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur G. Tippet
Captain of H.M.S. Ariel
2 Aug, 1918 – ?
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 124.
  2. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 520.

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