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Officer shot dead on board submarine HMS Astute
A Royal Navy officer has been killed after a rating turned a gun on him following a dispute between sailors on Britain’s most modern submarine.
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#1  Sounds like a Jonah boat.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 04/08/2011 10:09 Comments || Top||

#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 || 04/08/2011 10:47 Comments || Top||

#3  A jinxed boat. Bad juju...
Posted by: tu3031 || 04/08/2011 12:42 Comments || Top||

#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 || 04/08/2011 13:10 Comments || Top||



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