THE FRINGES OF THE FLEET
By Rudyard Kipling
FOURTH ARTICLE
“Tin Fish”
1914-18
The ships destroy us above
And ensnare us beneath.
We arise, we lie down, and we move
In the belly of death.
The ships have a thousand eyes
To mark where we come . . .
And the mirth of [...]
Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson VC, the Controller of the Royal Navy, stated in 1901 that, “Submarines are underhand, unfair and damned un-English. The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged”.
Subsequently, (from the Royal Navy Submarine Museum):
Lieutenant Commander [...]