[BITList] Captain Fryatt

[David Harvey]

I Know the Netherlands were neutral, but here was Fryatt chugging past in
confined waters defying the Germans, for what purpose, except to stick it up
them, which he did. They were determined to get him and he acted in self
defence.

On 12 November 2010 14:43, John Feltham <wantok at me.com> wrote:

> G'day David,
>
> On 12/11/2010, at 4:09 PM, David Harvey wrote:
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> << If you don't know the story of Captain Fryatt it is worth reading it
> upt. I note yor article says he attempted to ram the U-boat, but it is
> pretty certain he succeeded, and then the Germans shot him for committing a
> war crime. His ship captured and anchored at the entrance to Zeebrugge later
> proved to be a bit of a hazard for the raid on the port. It beats me why
> there was still a cross channel ferry running to Holland at that stage of
> the war. >>
>
> The Netherlands were neutral  during WW I.
>
> Capt. Fryatt - See...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fryatt
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