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Harvard President Claudine Gay has unveiled a brand-new U-boat that will be used by the university's heavyweight rowing team to decimate their competitors.
We republish this 2009 Sunday Times article, in light of the tragic submarine incident that claimed three lives, including Lt-Commander Gillian Elizabeth Hector
We didn't have information as we would have liked it, but we had a certain amount of information that came in and told us what was going on. john had been in bed, lying in a place near the bridge. he was woken up by a terrific crash, which actually he didn't know what it meant, he got out of bed and rushed up to the bridge again, only to find that his ship, hms oribi, had rammed a u—boat. and they had actually, were now sort of riding on the side of the ship. it was the most extraordinary state to be in. of course it was terrible anxiety, and all my friends tried to persuade me to go back an...
Information to say that they had actually managed to sink this u—boat, and were on their way back. they were able to crawl back to canada this time, they were the other side of the atlantic, and so they managed to get back at about 12 knots, which is a safe speed they could go at. when eventually he arrived in canada, he was able to ring me up and say he had arrived safely. well, it was amazing of course, and you know, we just both felt, well, there's nothing you could say — just "thank goodness, thank goodness, "thank goodness." you know, that's all you could do. you couldn't look far int...
At this point hms oribi was part of the escort of this convoy, and the battle went on. we had signals which were repeated to us, and anything that told us what was going on, i knew that they were in this, involved in this terrible battle. and i had thought, having just managed to catch hold of this man, i'm now going to let him go! but of course no, actually we were plotting, we knew the battle was going on, we didn't have information as we would have liked it, but we had a certain amount of information that came in and told us what was going on. john had been in bed, lying in a place near the...