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Lord Kitchener meets his demise at the hands of U-Boat 75

In June 1916, Secretary of War Lord Kitchener boarded a ship bound for a top-secret meeting in Russia. The ship struck a mine just west of Orkney, laid by the German U-Boat 75.

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War at Sea: Scotland's StoryThe Battle of the U-Boats

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