Editing Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (section)

==First World War==
Dunbar-Nasmith was 32 years old, and a [[lieutenant commander]] during the First World War, when the following actions took place for which he was awarded the VC.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/NASMITH1.shtml |title=Nasmith, Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925215434/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/NASMITH1.shtml|archive-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{blockquote|During the period 20 May – 8 June 1915 in the [[Sea of Marmara]], [[Dardanelles]], [[Turkey]], Lieutenant-Commander Nasmith, in command of [[HMS E11|H.M. Submarine E.11]], destroyed one large [[Ottoman Empire Navy|Turkish]] [[gunboat]], two transports, one ammunition ship, three store ships and four other vessels.

When he had safely passed the most difficult part of his homeward journey he received information that a cargo of coal was heading towards [[Istanbul]] from the [[Black Sea]]. Realising that coal was essential for the morale of the besieged city, Nasmith turned back.

When the coal-carrying ship came into sight of the docks, a welcoming committee of municipal grandees soon formed, along with a happy crowd – water, electricity and rail transport had all suffered due to a lack of coal. Hardly had the ship berthed than it mysteriously blew up before the eyes of the astounded crowd. Nasmith successfully slipped out again.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29206|date=25 June 1915 |page=6166}}</ref>}}

Nasmith conducted combat operations in the Sea of Marmara for a three-month period. When his torpedoes ran low, he set them to float at the end of their run, so that he could recover them should they fail to hit a target. At one point, he captured a sailing [[dhow]], and lashed it to the conning tower of ''E11'' as camouflage, and went on to capture an ammunition ship using small arms. His penetration of the [[Golden Horn]] was the first time an enemy ship had done so in over 500 years. He also attacked a railway viaduct.<ref>Hough. ''The Great War at Sea: 1914–1918''. page 486</ref>

Nasmith's [[First lieutenant#Royal Navy|first lieutenant]], [[Guy D'Oyly-Hughes]], and second lieutenant, Robert Brown, were awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]], and all the rest of the crew were awarded the [[Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Medal]].<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29206/pages/6166 The London Gazette, 26 June 1915]</ref> Nasmith was promoted to [[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] immediately<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29214/pages/6438 The London Gazette, 2 July 1915]</ref> and to [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] a year later.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29687/pages/7480 The London Gazette, 28 July 1916]</ref>