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2 unusual facts about Thomas Crisp


Armed trawler Nelson

However in February 1917, with its reintroduction, G&E, now under the name I’ll Try, and under the command of skipper Tom Crisp, was taken up again as an auxiliary.

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The Skipper of Nelson, Thomas Crisp was killed and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, while the crew of the Ethel & Millie were taken prisoner and presumably were still aboard when the submarine was sunk.



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