[CW] 100th Anniversary RMS LEINSTER/MCV

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

On the 10th of October 1918, just a month before the Armistice which ended
World War 1 was signed, the RMS Leinster (call sign ‘MCV’) was sunk after
being torpedoed by German submarine UB-123.

The Leinster was sunk 12.5 nautical Miles off the Irish coast while sailing
from Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) near Dublin to Holyhead in Wales. The
sinking resulted in the deaths of at least 567 of those on board, including
the Radio Officer Arthur Jeffries.

To commemorate this tragic event, Dragon Amateur Radio Club, from a Welsh
village, are going to activate the special call sign GB100MCV and this will
be activated periodically from the 1st until 28th October.

Similarly the National Maritime Museum of Ireland Radio Club will be active
with the call sign EI100MCV.

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/october/gb100mcv.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29#.W7Nl6mhKiUk
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