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submarine Perseus

Lost in WW2, 70 years ago, sunk off the coast of the Greek island of Cephalonia. A crew of 60 on board, all perished, 1 survived. How? John Capes was a passenger on the sub and he escaped. Survivors from a sunken sub were practically unheard of and, when he finally got home 18 months later, he was not believed. Only when the wreck was found in December 2010 was his story confirmed. We heard this amazing tale on a 2011 BBC Radio 4 programme but you can read it at the picture source.

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submarine Perseus

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National Submarine War Memorial

The bronze relief depicts, in cross section, the interior of a submarine in w...

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Spitfire aircraft

Spitfire aircraft

From our Picture source: "Produced in greater numbers than any other British combat aircraft before or since the War, 20,341 Spitfires were built in 22 different variants (excluding the navalised S...

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5 memorials
submarine Union

submarine Union

Lost in WW2

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1 memorial
submarine P.222

submarine P.222

Lost in WW2

Vehicle

1 memorial
submarine Sahib

submarine Sahib

Lost in WW2

Vehicle

1 memorial
submarine Parthian
1 memorial