HMS Truculent
- 14 January 2012 22:37147340http://www.sheernessheritagecentre.com/page13sinkingoftruculent.htm
62 years ago this weekend the tragic loss of this submarine happened. Many were lost because of a freak accident and the story is very sad. I hope some of you will read it from the link and remember those poor men who died on that day.There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 14 January 2012 22:38147341I clicked on the link and was offered ten different ways to buy Viagra.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 14 January 2012 22:41147342ooer Peter!! It works for me - the link I mean
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - Alec Sheldon
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14 January 2012 23:10147344Thanks for that link Jacquie. Such a sad story, many escaped from the sub. using the escape apparatus only to be swept away on the strong tide. They didn't stand much chance with it being January and freezing cold unless they were picked up straight away.
I remember it as I was in my last year at school and saw it at the cinema on Univeral News or Pathe pictorial and heard it on the wireless. Unlike todays sea disaster in Italy which has been plastered all over the TV and Internet already.
I had always wanted to go to sea on leaving school but my mother put the knockers on it after that disaster. She relented though and I went away a couple of years later.
I did see some ads. for Viagara at the bottom of the link but I think they only open if you click on them. Naughty, naughty Peter.
- 14 January 2012 23:17147346The conclusion I came to is that the submarine Truculent did not have lights indicating its own position, and was not seen by the Swedish tanker.
By all rights, when the captain and others on the submarine's deck saw the strange lights of an approaching vessel on their path (the tanker), they should have alerted this vessel's attention using horns or lights from the sub, so that both vessles could determine each other's presence, reduce speed, and make the right maneuver.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 15 January 2012 00:18147351Patrick Donnelly came from Dover, they lived in Priory Hill, such a sad time for the families
- 15 January 2012 00:32147352Seeing the name AUSTIN, Edward. I found this...
http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=445
No relation as far as I know, but my uncle Hugh served on these 'boats' in WWII.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.