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> Ah!  I see you still keep making that same mistake!  Next time you go
> shopping get the name right.  You're supposed to ask for "Vegemite" - not
> "Vitriol".  (And you should only use it sparingly - not swallow
> half-a-gallon of the stuff!)  :-)
>
Wuzzamatta? Didnt see the smiley? ;-)
Next time I will try and enlarge the font for older eyes. :-) 

> > What did you find inaccurate?  (Out of curiosity)
> 
> First off:  I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the account of the rescue.  It
> was a truly gripping tale.  My use of the term "historically innacurate" was
> ill-used and was a case of 'firing from the hip'.
> 
> However, I question the suggestion that prior to Momsen's development of his
> submarine escape apparatus. "every device up until then was either too bulky
> or balky, and nowhere had there been any serious effort to train submarine
> crews in their use."
> 
> The Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus was already standard equipment in RN
> submarines and had already established its worth in the 'twenties and early
> 'thirties - most notably the escape by crew-members from HMS Poseidon in
> 1931, eight years before the Squalus went down.
> 
> Strike
> 
I bow to your superior knowledge in this arena.  It was an honest question and you gave me an honest answer. thank you.

CH