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There was a lad called Aladdin who had a magic lamp.
A sultan said to Aladdin, my palace you can paint.
You make farce, kiss my a**e, make fast the dingy.
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A 6 (I 16) |
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| Class: | 1902 - 1920: A Class |
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| Build Group: | A2 |
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Fate: Sold for breaking on 16th January 1920 to J. H. Lee of Bembridge IOW. |
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The incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothers whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it.
One question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something elseone of the sub's own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippers' complaints about the MK 14 torpedo's dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon.
Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of The Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43. Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.
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A 6 (I 16) |
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| Class: | 1902 - 1920: A Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | A2 |
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Fate: Sold for breaking on 16th January 1920 to J. H. Lee of Bembridge IOW. |
|
The incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothers whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it.
One question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something elseone of the sub's own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippers' complaints about the MK 14 torpedo's dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon.
Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of The Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43. Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.
19 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.
Comments
Comment by: david rhodes on July 13th, 2024
Funny thing, I've been out of the Navy for 50 years. But after reading the first line I remembered the lot. Practically word perfect.
Comment by: Smiffy on July 11th, 2022
Most of these songs go way back to the First World War and even a few years before that. They have developed over the years and not always to the wise.
An incredible view into the day to day lives of 'Jack' enjoying himself. I have my dads book of words all written down in Naval pencil. Incredible.
Comment by: Doc on May 29th, 2018
Learned this in Turkey in 1977. Royal Navy was in port, and I fell in with some sailors and was their unnoficial tour guide.
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