Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "HMCS Sackville - The Perennial Flower" video.

  1. Or maybe HMS Thunderchild?
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  2. I'm only halfway through watching, but I love this video for the ship it celebrates. It's on my bucket list of things to see. NB - I think it would be in good taste to raise a glass to Nicholas Monserrat. I wonder how many of us would appreciate this vessel and her story if it was not for the Cruel Sea and Three Corvettes?
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  3.  @davidstrother496  me too please.
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  4.  @PlosmanD  really good thoughts; I'd suggest that in the book Compass Rose didn't go down in good order, and went down quickly and unexpectedly in the wee hours, the angle of her list prevented use of the proper lifeboats; the book documents both the problems of lifeboats when she went down, and also that she was torpedoed, thus the lack of the lifeboats was instrumental in the subsequent deaths of most of the crew. I would also suggest that in today's age, we forget how quickly advanced first aid has come; this was set in an era where first aid was pretty primitive compared to what we know now. To me, it portrays the tragedy of war in a semifictitious way; it is shocking, emotional, but as you ask - how much of that was real, and how much of it was dramatised for effect? I would also like to know. Thank you for asking a really good question, I look forward to understanding the books more.
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