| First Name: | Nicholas | ||
| Last Name: | King | ||
| Rank: | Seaman | ||
| Regiment: | Royal Navy Reserves | ||
| Military Number: | 6829A | ||
| Place of Birth: | Claddagh Parade | ||
| Place of Death: | HMS Prize (Atlantic Ocean) | ||
| Date of Death: | 14-Aug-17 | ||
| Age: | 22 | ||
| Additional Information: | Killed in Action: (Atlantic Ocean) 14 August 1917. Age 22. Supplementary Notes: : Killed during action with the enemy submarine. Son of Delia King, of the Claddagh Parade, Galway, and the late Nicholas King. Remembered: Portsmouth Naval Memorial-Hampshire-United Kingdom (27). A famous and iconic symbol the ‘British Admirals’ – NELSON surrounded by HOWE, St VINCENT, DUNCAN & COLLINGWOOD. Engraved by Meyern and first published by Edward Baines in 1816. — By definition King Charles II was the founder of the British Royal Navy in 1660. Much is owed down the years to many prominent figures in the development and success of the British Royal Navy. Topsail Schooner commissioned by the Royal Navy as a Q ship (decoy ship), sunk by UB-48 on or about this date in the Irish Sea. There were no survivors. Lieutenant-Commander W E Saunders VC, DSO, RNR, in command. – This from a contributer who is related to the late Lt-Cdr Saunders. (JJ College, in his ´Ships of the Royal Navy´ has the location ´in the Atlantic´ and the date 15th August) The Schooner was captured from the Germans in 1914 in the English Channel and subsequently sold, to be hired in 1917. It was originally the Else, and renamed on capture as ´First Prize´.
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Royal Navy Reserve
HMS Prize
Portsmouth Naval Memorial. (6)