From the Times of Malta
The grandson of a wartime Royal Navy lieutenant commander has dived to the sunken submarine where his grandfather served and left behind a poignant gift – a bottle of the seaman’s own blend of whisky.
Nick Christie’s grandfather George was second in command of HMS Stubborn, an S-class submarine that was sunk off Malta on April 30, 1946, as an ASDIC (sonar) target.
“My grandfather went on to form the North of Scotland Distilling Co. & The Speyside Distillery. The small green bottle was his own blend, of which I have a small supply left. I dropped a bottle into Stubborn’s conning tower hatch and watched the bottle disappear deep into the submarine,” Nick recounted moments after the dive.
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