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who had adopted the crew. Once he wrote "Within the last few days I have had a talk with each one of my crew who are in this camp. Despite a hard winter, enforced idleness, and the unnatural life led by any prisoner they all look fit; I cannot emphasis this too much; they really do look well, which
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as a district chaplain. He volunteered for this mission because he thought that his five years as a prisoner of war should help him to befriend the Mau Mau rebels, and at one point he offered to live in the bush as a hostage, to demonstrate
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The attempt to resurface had to wait some hours until it was dark. In three attempts, the damaged submarine failed to lift from the seabed and air quality deteriorated significantly. Lonsdale summoned his ship's company and led them in the
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is great credit to them and I would be grateful if you could let their next of kin know as you kindly did before." He worked to maintain morale and used his limited ration of mail on behalf of his crew members.
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equipment and confidential papers. The submarine was spotted and attacked by enemy aircraft. Lonsdale sent his crew below, and under fire tried to hold the aircraft off with
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XLVI from which they drew their title. Sainsbury wrote that "his quiet and considerate approach to command succeeded to an unusually high degree."
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until these jammed. There was no realistic alternative but to surrender: actions were taken to scuttle it, but
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Will Not We Fear: The Story of His
Majesty's Submarine "Seal" and of Lieutenant-Commander Rupert Lonsdale
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and bombed. After repairs, it continued south-east, encountering German anti-submarine trawlers between
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