Seventieth Anniversary Of Sinking Of Hms Royal Oak
EDM number 1076 in 2008-09, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 12/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Military operations.
That this House notes that October 2009 will be the 70th anniversary of the loss of HMS Royal Oak when the German U-boat, U-47, penetrated the defences protecting Scapa Flow and torpedoed the battleship, sinking HMS Royal Oak with the loss of 833 lives; further notes that many boy sailors aged between 15 and 17 were drowned that night and that, as a result, Churchill ordered that boy sailors were no longer to serve on ships on active service; further notes that HMS Royal Oak still lies in the Scapa Flow with the wreck designated a war grave; further notes the memorial to HMS Royal Oak in nearby St Magnus' Cathedral, Kirkwall, which features a plaque dedicated to those 833 men who lost their lives; further notes that the sinking is remembered every year at a service held over the site of the wreck when Royal Navy divers replace the white ensign that still flies on the submerged wreck; and remembers the sacrifice of those who lost their lives that night in the defence of Britain.
This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Alistair Carmichael | 12/03/2009 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
Andrew Dismore | 13/03/2009 | Hendon | Labour | Seconded |
Colin Burgon | 13/03/2009 | Elmet | Labour | Seconded |
Robert Wareing | 13/03/2009 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Seconded |
Lindsay Hoyle | 13/03/2009 | Chorley | Labour | Seconded |
Brian Iddon | 13/03/2009 | Bolton South East | Labour | Seconded |
David Drew | 13/03/2009 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 13/03/2009 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Martin Caton | 16/03/2009 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
David Taylor | 16/03/2009 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Signed |
John Cummings | 16/03/2009 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 16/03/2009 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Gregory Campbell | 16/03/2009 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
David Lepper | 17/03/2009 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
Mark Hunter | 17/03/2009 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Angus MacNeil | 17/03/2009 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
John Leech | 17/03/2009 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 17/03/2009 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 17/03/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Graham Brady | 17/03/2009 | Altrincham and Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
Gordon Marsden | 17/03/2009 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
Julian Lewis | 17/03/2009 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
Nicholas Soames | 17/03/2009 | Mid Sussex | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 18/03/2009 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Phil Willis | 18/03/2009 | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andy Slaughter | 18/03/2009 | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Labour | Signed |
Mark Lazarowicz | 19/03/2009 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Labour | Signed |
John Hemming | 19/03/2009 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John McDonnell | 19/03/2009 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Evans | 19/03/2009 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 20/03/2009 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Mason | 23/03/2009 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 26/03/2009 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 31/03/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 22/04/2009 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Andrew MacKinlay | 23/04/2009 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 23/04/2009 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Kim Howells | 07/05/2009 | Pontypridd | Labour | Signed |
Michael Moore | 14/10/2009 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Danny Alexander | 15/10/2009 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Smith | 16/10/2009 | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 16/10/2009 | North East Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Malcolm Bruce | 16/10/2009 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Reid | 20/10/2009 | Argyll and Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Charles Kennedy | 20/10/2009 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Barrett | 21/10/2009 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jo Swinson | 21/10/2009 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mark Williams | 21/10/2009 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Willie Rennie | 21/10/2009 | Dunfermline and West Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Thurso | 26/10/2009 | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Adrian Bailey | 27/10/2009 | West Bromwich West | Labour | Signed |
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 03/11/2009 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
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