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Fascinating Facts of the Great War.
On 28th March 1915, while near the Lightship Maas in the North Sea & in order to stop being torpedoed, Captain Charles Fryatt of the Steam Ship SS Brussels, tried to ram German U-Boat U-33. He was awarded a gold watch by the British Admiralty.
Captain Fryatt was captured by the Germans on 23rd June 1916 and on 27th July, he was executed for attacking U-33 as a non-combatant. In July 1919, Captain Fryatt was given a state funeral in St Paul's, Cathedral, London. Read G.K. Chesterton's poem to Captain Frayatt here: LINK
Fascinating Facts of the Great War.
On 28th March 1915, while near the Lightship Maas in the North Sea & in order to stop being torpedoed, Captain Charles Fryatt of the Steam Ship SS Brussels, tried to ram German U-Boat U-33. He was awarded a gold watch by the British Admiralty.
Captain Fryatt was captured by the Germans on 23rd June 1916 and on 27th July, he was executed for attacking U-33 as a non-combatant. In July 1919, Captain Fryatt was given a state funeral in St Paul's, Cathedral, London. Read G.K. Chesterton's poem to Captain Frayatt here: LINK