True tales of the Navy - the Doc and the Bishop

and the 'Bishop' by Commander Anthony Kimmins, R.N. It had been 'one of those tips'—with the Atlantic at its foulest. And the Hun had placed a couple of U-boats nicely in the path of the convoy. One of the U-boats was now scrap iron on the bottom, but not before he had torpedoed one of the merchant vessels. Picking up the crew had been no picnic. She had been sunk at dead of night, and casu- alties had been unavoidable. A few months before, our 'Doc' had been in a Midland hospital. Now he was a twostriper R.