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Hooked on Afishianado Smoked Salmon: Taste of Nova Scotia's Product of the Year | SaltWireIt was a 0400 hrs on a Thursday morning in early April 1964. The day arrived just like a hundred other mornings aboard a British submarine at sea.EDITORIAL: Atlantic Canada must commit to a true act of remembrance
At approximately 0430hrs the morning kye arrived. The officer of the watch gave permission for one all round. One all round was the signal to light up; smoking out of necessity was a restricted privilege aboard a submarine. The watch was relaxed with the boat in the hands of George the autopilot. George was designed to control course, speed and depth. Nevertheless, we were vigilant as George could be notoriously unreliable at times.
I wasn’t alone. It seemed every man in the control room was frozen in time, eyes firmly fixed on the same gauge. When the blow was completed an eerie and utter silence returned to the boat. The hull was designed and thought to withstand sea pressure to 1000 feet. That theory wasn’t very reassuring at that moment, and the builders weren’t here to actually attest to its accuracy. Besides which, Alcide was more than 20 years old, the pressure hull would have certainly deteriorated during that time.I was gripped by a fear never before experienced, while outwardly I tried to maintain an appearance of calm. As we continued our descent, a strange feeling of calm did indeed overtake me.
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