In terms of submarine theory and practice it was ridiculously- unlikely that so marginal an effort would budge them once they were no Ermily entrenched. But now here they were on the surface.
The riddle
Even if the movement of a few on a tow feet for'ard had been sumclent in terms of the cold theory of physics to cause Seal to surface, even if the sur- teciog lisel
Werd not miraculous, it was nevertheless true that the idea of employing haman. ballast- not unknown one in the Submarine Service...... had not occurred to any of them - during the long hours of their ordeal.
Perhaps it was the effect of the carbon dioxide that had inhibited creative thought, But whatever the reason, the belat- ed inspiration had quito clearly been the right one. And many belleved tho source of tha inspiration was the Almighty.
If the idea for a hunian action comes from God, this is the same as God acting Himself, So many of the complement of Seal said in 1940-and continue to say today.
Then he collapsed in a heap on the deck, but without losing consciousness. He was At the headquartero of No. 706 helped up by Henderson and Constal Defence Wing of the WAR showered with con- German Air Force's Seeluft gratulations from all sides. there was much activity in the
early morning of May 5, 1940. Aft and for'ard the telephone Secluft was a cross between The sensation for ard had buzzci with a message from the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm been more of a vibration than
Lonsdale. "We have surfaced. a shaking of a shuddering, And Everyone
and the R.A.F!'s Coastal Com vill stay exactly mand. this had in its turn stopped sud where he is until I call down denly at the comO time Qa
instructions the lapping of the surface water bridge." against the hull made a sound. they had fonged to hear for
To himself he said. "There seaplanes. hours.
can be no doubt but that have been brought to the sure Sub Lieutenant
Henderson foce in answer to our prayers was shaken into activity by a and because of our trust in God. Ast Armly planted in the middle God is good. The Lord's name
be praised," the young Petty Officer who In Ordnance Artificer tremendous excitement shouted, "Look Subby, she's up .... she's up."
was of his back. · His "assallent”
No. 706 Wing at Aalborg In, Northern Denmark had both HE 115 bombers and AR 100
We The bombers were standing by
to take off.
Το this day the picture of Lonsdale leaning against forward periscope is vividly im printed on the men's minds. Even after 20 years there is remarkable unanimity in their recollections of what he said.
We have been in some tight spots before," was how he began, and we've come through, With God's help we shall do so again. I think it is time we said the stond in the entrance to tho Lord's Prayer together; but first wardroom and kept offering a hand to all who went I want to ask God to help us." helping
prayed: "Dear God, we past him, lie
Eventually ho too have tried everything our moved right for ard. power to save ourselves and wo The for'ard compartments,
The hero of the hour in the Nothing had worked or oven have falled. Yet we believe that where many dregged themselves, noticed a difference in the of elation, just a vague thought
..compartments was shown any likelihood of work- You can do things which are were a mass of bedies mostly sound from nit, but when he at the back of his mind of what for ard impossible to men, Please. O lying stretched out full length looked through the engine-room the
He had watched the ing. They had prayed. Then they next thing Was that he Murray. Lord, deliver us."
on the deck-boards.
to the motor-room he could see should do.
zero and had realised with im- them-#nd squeezed out a ridi- nothing but a thick haze, One
Individual
varied mense relief that they and at culously small amount of extra of the motors had begun to
reactions
oir. smoke furiously and was clearly tremendously. Fater was aware last succeeded. on the point of blowing up.
One or two more of the men
lilce a serious version of a for- Bir tune-telling machine the sort where you put your penny it, the needle rotates and then it stops and tells your fortune,
the He opened
The cock. needle went steadily back to 10 Icel. They had succeeded. he But he could detect no feeling
Nothing left
Suddenly he
thought
The men were too weak to sit up and too weak to talk, but in the control-room pulled most of them managed to smile themselves slowly to their feet. an each newcomer hauled him Looking around him.
Lonsdale selt in.
The fire did not last long. started the words of the Lord's
The atmosphere was one of apparently for lack of oxygen Prayer and found himself being cheerfulness. But, sincere to support it. joined with more reverence and though the prayers had been, feeling than he had ever be there was not very much faith the air-lines lasted a bare 20 The hiss of pressure through: leved possible,
remaining. Most of them had or 30 seconds and then died come to terms with death earlier
we
The low swell of voices died away. "And now I think should all quietly say our own prayers to God," said Lonsdale, standing head bowed,
Exhausted
The impromptu service was over and Lonsdale, apparently reinvigorated immediately be gan giving new orders.
"I would like as many people possible as for for'ard as
One. possible, please, Number
s
in the night.
Now they mostly reckoned it was only a matter of time; and not very much time either.
way
There WOS nothing, absolutely nothing more left. The control-room depth-gauge The stood steadily at 90 feet. batteries were almost empty the lights throughout too, and
Clark had moved against the the boat had become ren moro tide and had rejoined E.R.A. Lister, Potty Omeer Barnes and dim. one of two others at the after end of the engine-room,
It was Barnes who thought of one further stratagem that might help whatever else being done.
was He thought there was cull an inanitesimal amount
It was at this point that Murray suddenly remembered that there TIAN DIO airtank for'ard with a minute amount of air in it that he had not put on the line.
his Garping
Intention 10
of unused air in the blowing Lonsdale he began struggli "I know many of them are system which could be forced up the rope, amid the sprawling far too gone to move right into the stern of the submarine
covered the com- for'ard; but I do want to get and push out some of the water bodies that
all the leverage we can and weighing her down, This meant Vanionway.
every man's weight will help." Opening
It seemed a poor hope to have to depend on the weight of n few dozen men not very fnr for'ard of the centre of the Bubmarine
the to lift out of mud n stern that implacably stuck.
on
previously used.
elr
pipe not
With a superhuman effort he reached the crew space quickly and swung open the valve. There was renewed hissing and then
started to alter.
"Is the
Courageous ....unbelievably....the single
To out
this
to the lest bows or up
going down by the by the stern?"
seemed involved once again entering Murray called out. As he did the flooded mess-deckt Clark so he saw the forfard depth- The business of moving took on the job. He slid down gauge noodle shift in a flash for'ard, up the steep slope, was into the water jy nging on to a from 30 feet slown to 90 feet. clearly going to be difeuit und plece of rope wh Lister had They were level, but they had many of the men would need all tied to a safety-bar. the help they could get.
Two men voleed their dis- belief. "I don't consider you can surface about by praying, "I think we ought to rig a grunted E.R.A. Tubby Lister Hue from right forord to right when he heard what is captain oft, to help us pull ourselves
om staying for'erd," said Lonsdale. I proposed. "Se where I om."
quite possible that we'll take on
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In a matter of seconds Clark was once again in the dark, Then the depth-gouge started waist-high water that he had moving
again. slowly and already braved twice that steadily upwards until instead night. In his plate of near of 90 it read 80 and kept on Had they done it.... most moving.
Had they done it after all? .
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collapse much sleeper bow-up angie even yet, so we'll all need some- courageous undertaking. thing to hang on to,"
Slowly,
Ho was joined by Stoker Eckervall. "Air and water are the things that count," mul- tered
black-haired and was rigged. the
sloker. white-sweatered
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Τα Lonsdale's surprise nearly every man who was not needed for what would clearly be the very Jost attempt at surfacing began climbing for'ard.
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A bright brevity from one of
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From the motor-room
was happening.
Clark
WOD
Sure onough, the depth- clearly too weait to open the gauge there was also showing valve,
another Taking
movement: first of all a lot of fickering around vort, then an spammer, upwar surge to 75 and then Listor alld down to foln him immobility again." and together-sharing the dark,
the wet, the exhaustion, and the
danger the two of them
managed to give the circular
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Heave
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the after part of Scal, exhausted.
Chief Petty Officer Tole
The submarino" felt for o inas. Black snatches a pawn at graphist Charlic Buter listened moment as though she was going
them Lakking trom his the expense of development and to
to break in two. And then, position at the hand telegraph with a final mighty shake, is routed in model style udg. way v. Hilton). IP-K4, P-K4; from which he would pass turo herself clear of the 1 K-KB9 KQ83: 8 B Lamadale's main-melor orders Ito, PQR3: 4 B-R4. K-3: Jatt.
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Collapsed
Two seaplanes had already left to take up their patrol post- tions by dawn.
The
dawn was always the best time for eqtching enemy
submarine unawares,
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