| Submit your comments on this article |
| Britain |
| Officer shot dead on board submarine HMS Astute |
| 2011-04-08 |
| A Royal Navy officer has been killed after a rating turned a gun on him following a dispute between sailors on BritainÂ’s most modern submarine. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 "Rum, sodomy and the lash....." major components of life in the Royal Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries. Which mixture of the three caused this I wonder? Or was it about finding space for the prayer rug while underway? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2011-04-08 13:10 |
| #3 A jinxed boat. Bad juju... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-04-08 12:42 |
| #2 What is a Jonah Boat? Google was not very helpful, mostly biblical references to Jonah being tossed from a boat to be eaten by a whale. |
| Posted by: The Other Beldar 2011-04-08 10:47 |
| #1 Sounds like a Jonah boat. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-04-08 10:09 |