X-Craft Developed by the Royal Navy, in 1942 during WWII, as a more potent undersea weapon than the ‘Chariots’, the X-craft were midget submarines manned by a crew of four – one of whom was the designated diver. Embodying… Read More ›
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“Hazardous And Arduous Service” – Part 1
Inspired by the successful WWII attack by six Italian divers riding three manned torpedoes on the British battleships, HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth, then – in December, 1941 – at anchor in Alexandria Harbour, the British Prime Minister, Winston… Read More ›
Midget sinks the Mighty: XE-3 and the ‘Takao’
Britain’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, was well deserved by people like Able Seaman Magennis, the diver aboard the midget submarine, XE-3, and it’s skipper, Lt. Ian Fraser, during the successful mission to sink the Japanese cruiser, ‘Takao’, at… Read More ›
USS Lagarto – On Eternal Patrol
In 2005, Thai diving veteran, the late, Jamie Macleod (owner and Instructor Trainer of a leading technical diving facility on the island of Koh Tao, in the Gulf of Thailand) together with Stewart Oehl, located one of the US Navy’s… Read More ›
Rules to Live By
I wrote the following to our daughter on the occasion of her 21st Birthday …. ————— The years have gone by so quickly since you were born, and in that time, I have been remiss in advising, counselling and guiding… Read More ›
For Whom The Bell Tolls
In 1799, HMS Lutine, a British frigate carrying 1,000 bars of gold and 500 bars of silver insured for £900,000 ( at least £80 million at today’s value) sank in a storm in just 40 feet of water within sight… Read More ›
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