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By: snafu - 27th July 2016 at 19:49

Charles Algernon Fryatt (2 December 1872 – 27 July 1916) was a British mariner who was executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat in 1915. When his ship, the SS Brussels, was captured off the Netherlands in 1916, he was court-martialled and sentenced to death although he was a civilian non-combatant. International outrage followed his execution near Bruges, Belgium. In 1919, his body was reburied with full honours in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fryatt

He was executed for being a civilian and sinking a U-Boat which had tried to sink his ship, even though no submarine was sunk by him.

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By: Creaking Door - 27th July 2016 at 20:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Bloody Germans.....no sense of humour!

(With apologies to Monty Python.)

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By: paul178 - 27th July 2016 at 20:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Probably running short of humour now thanks to ISIS