A fact from HMS Princess Irene appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 May 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that there was only one survivor of the explosion which obliterated HMS Princess Irene(pictured) and killed 352 people?
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Can not get the BBC Radio link to work. Maybe this might be a better link for the story - Loss of HMS Princess Irene
This link above does not show 352 killed, but some other number - depending on how you add it up.--Doug Coldwelltalk 12:13, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Mjroots (talk·contribs) here, editing from a public library. :The figure of 352 is per the quoted book source. Numbers vary according to sources used - The Times quoted 350 at the time. The GWPDA states 351, but omits mention of the man killed on the collier. As far as I can tell, 352 is the correct figure. The radio link worked on my own computer, but being BBC it may be restricted to UK only. 195.194.187.132 (talk) 10:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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