Naval Humour.
Whatever the danger, or the monotony, of the war at. sea, the British sailor’s sense ot humour cannot be suppressed. When a British convoy was passing through the Mediterranean recently, a number of destroyers were sent to lure an enemy squadron away. In due course, the destroyers saw some Italian cruisers and battleships approaching at high speed. The destroyers turned tail and ran, the enemy pursuing them in the required direction. Soon shells began to fall round the destroyers. It was then that the commander of the leading destroyer saw that one in the rear was signalling him. The signal read: “Don’t look round now, but I think wr are being followed.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 3, 5 January 1943, Page 4
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114Naval Humour. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 3, 5 January 1943, Page 4
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