DAY MAGGIE DROPPED IN FOR A CUPPA
THERE were memorable moments to savour — such as the time in harbour at Faslane, Scotland, when a Tory Cabinet minister came on board to wish the chaps well and proceeded to drink himself into a stupor with the crew.
Richard says: ‘By mid-afternoon he was paralytic. So I had the unenviable task of being underneath his le left buttock, my shoulder heaving him out through the m main access hatch.’
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once paid a visit, too — ‘all hustle and bustle as she charged around the submarine’.
Richard was passing some equipment down a hatch when a figure appeared below. The other sailor yelled down: ‘Whoever that is down there, get the f*** out of the way. You’re blocking the hatch, you big c*** splash!’
Mrs Thatcher’s unmistakeable voice called out: ‘Is e everything all right, gentlemen?’
And Richard and his mate scarpered.