From the good old boys at Castle Argghhh comes this delightful read. Truly, nobody does this stuff like the Brits - the recent obituary for Lieutenant-Commander Richard Prendergast Raikes is very much worth your time. I particularly liked this bit:
"Back on Malta as first lieutenant of the submarine Severn, Raikes's last years of peace were filled with dances, parties, moonlit picnics and running a stable of 11 horses for a Maltese friend, Mr Schembri. He also took part in trials to enter an enemy harbour at night while conning his submerged submarine from a tiny platform built around the periscope. In the warm Mediterranean, Raikes wore only a bathing costume, but the experiment was abandoned when, on entering St Paul's Bay, the sight of him apparently walking on water caused several local fishermen to cross themselves and jump into the sea."
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