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Heroic Voyage of Crippled HMS Triumph

How the British navy hid the heroic voyage of crippled second world war submarine HMS Triumph.

In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survival against the odds.

My research involves looking at how the British media covered the second world war. When I came across this story, I was struck by the way in which the navy kept the it quiet for nearly two years.

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