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Lt-Cdr Tony Spender World Naval Ships Forums Archive

Lt-Cdr Tony Spender

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Lieutenant-Commander Tony Spender, who has died aged 91, was a submarine captain during the Second World War whose coolness under pressure enabled him and his crew to emerge intact after their boat, Sirdar, had made an involuntary dive and buried its bow in mud during sea trials in 1943. ......... .......He was eventually left with no other option than the unscientific but well-worn trick of “dancing ship”: “The crew formed a chain and literally climbed up to the stern. They carried what weights they could move and they danced up and down. Suddenly there was a tremendous shudder. The depth gauges spun round and we shot up like an express lift.” [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8853813/Lieutenant-Commander-Tony-Spender.html[/url]

A remarkable story in the life of Tony Spender;who got his submerged submarine with it's bow stuck vertically in a mudbank on the sea bottom.He got it freed by having the crew make a human ladder to get to the stern and "dance" the boat free. jainso31

Well posted Nobby - here is his Submarine Service Record Card ; SPENDER J.A. DSC. LT CDR. 23. 8.40. DOB ; 8. 5.20. 16. 7.49. S/M COURSE. 23. 8.40. DOLPHIN. SPARE. 30. 9.40. FORTH. TRIBUNE VICE ROXBURGH. 15.10.40. FORTH. TRIBUNE. 10. 5.41. TITANIA. TRIBUNE, 7. 6.41. ELFIN. H.44 1ST LT. 1. 8.41. CYCLOPS. P.219. 5. 3.42. DOLPHIN. DOLPHIN. 26.12.42. C.O.Q.C. 18. 1.43. H.33 I/C. 22. 3.43. IN COMMAND. SIRDAR (P.226). 21. 6.43. IN COMMAND. FORTH. 8. 8.45. S.O.(O). FORTH. 8. 2.46. SPARE C/O. AFFRAY. 12. 3.46. IN COMMAND. DOLPHIN. 25.10.48. SPARE C/O. PRESIDENT. 10. 1.49. TACTICAL COURSE. MONTCLARE. 22.11.48. DRYAD. BASIC RADAR COURSE. 14. 3.49. DRAKE. 19. 3.49. PRESIDENT. 4. 4.49. OUTSIDE ADMIRALTY. DEVONSHIRE. 16. 7.49. PROMOTED LT CDR. 16. 7.49. S/LIEUT. 1.10.39. LIEUT. 16. 7.41. Sadsac

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