Season: 3 Episode: 16
While at anchor at Sandy Point, Punta Arenas, Chile on Apr. 26, 1881 waiting to take on coal, an explosion occurred on the new screw sloop HMS Doterel, half a minute later a second more powerful explosion destroyed the ship and sent her to the bottom. The entire episode took about three minutes, but it would take over a year to discover what had caused the loss.
Here's a full list of those who lost their lives in this incident...
Adamson, William\tPrivate (Royal Marines)\tServed as Adams
Alder, Thomas C.\tEngine Room Artificer
Aldridge, James\tStoker 2nd Class
Armitage, David\tGunner (Royal Marines)
Arnold, Philip C.\tAble Seaman
Arthur, William D.\tBlacksmith
Baigen, Frederick\tStoker
Baker, James\tStoker
Barnes, Thomas E.\tWard Room Steward
Barnicott, James J.\tShip's Corporal 1st Class
Barrett, William H.\tStoker
Bell, Jabez\tAble Seaman
Berry, Andrew\tChief Engine Room Artificer
Biddington, John\tPrivate (Royal Marines)
Bish, George\t2nd Captain Main Top
Blackmore, George\tChief Boatswain's Mate
Blake, Henry\tOrdinary Seaman
Bolt, Henry\tAble Seaman
Bowmer, Henry\tStoker
Bramley, Robert\tLeading Stoker
Bullivant, David\t\tStoker
Burgess, William\tLeading Seaman
Burgoyne, Henry\t\tLeading Seaman
Bush, John\t\t\t\tOrdinary Seaman
Camp, George\t\tPrivate (Royal Marines)
Charlo, Henry\t\t\tStoker 2nd Class
Clarke, Walter\t\t\tBoy 1st Class\t(Age 17)
Clayton, Charles\tCaptain's Steward
Collins, Michael\t\tDrummer (Royal Marines)
Colville, Herbert\t\tPrivate (Royal Marines)
Common, William B.\tAble Seaman
Considine, Hugh\t\tCaptain's Cook
Cook, Abraham C.\tLeading Seaman
Cook, William\t\t\tStoker
Creagh, Arthur R. McD.\tLieutenant
Daley, Daniel\t\t\tQuartermaster
Damsell, Charles\tPrivate (Royal Marines)
Davis, William\t\t\tSailmaker
Dean, Arthur\t\t\tPrivate (Royal Marines)
Dine, Frederick\t\tOrdinary Seaman
Driscoll, Jeremiah\tGunner (Petty Officer)
East, George\t\t\tOrdinary Seaman
Elliott, William\t\t\tOrdinary Seaman
Emmett, James\t\tPrivate (Royal Marines)
Evans, John\t\t\t\tStoker
Evans, Septimus\t\tStaff Surgeon
Exten, Thomas\t\tBoy 1st...