Heroic work saves HMS Thrasher from oblivion
16th February 1942: Two submariners awarded Victoria Cross after removing bombs jammed into the outer casing of their submarine

On 16 February 1942 north of Crete, in the Mediterranean, HM Submarine Thrasher, after attacking and sinking a supply ship, was itself attacked:
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