THE LOSS OF HM SUBMARINE THETIS IN 1939

possibly the first and only documentary on the loss of the submarine Thetis in the run up to World War 2. Thanks to BBC.

Category:

Education

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• loss
• of
• hms
• thetis
• submarine
• 1939
• liverpool
• bay

[AussieTheOztralian]

Not a bad doco, quite interesting to know what happened. I wonder if there is any possible way to get a photo of the casualties ?

[AussieTheOztralian]

My Uncle's Grandad died on the Thetis.

[2wongwing]

thank you for sharing

[Natasha1913]

My great great uncle Tom Bambrick died on the Thetis.. <3

[ivanthelimpet]

"Stoker Walter Arnold: The navy withholds Arnold's wages because he can't produce his paybook, which is still inside Thetis" That, for me, just about says it all.

[cuttyya]

and i work in the shipyard safety first

[vostock83]

Good video, what a completely botched operation.

[notaire2]

How helpless the submarine crew and their families were!

[atomage2006]

Very good - looks like sloppy work in Cammell Laird's started it off and then a moment of madness by Woods

[atomage2006]

I read the story of the Thetis as a teenager - in my submarine/underwater phase. always since fascinated me. According to the book I read it was partly due to a test cock on a torpedo tube being blocked with paint and the end thus being opened when it was openeto the sea