| Updated Sun, February 12th 2017 at 09:17 GMT +3The destroyer, HMS Paladin, which ran into a Japanese submarine to prevent it from diving. Nearly 1,000 East African troops perished on the fateful afternoon of Saturday February 12, 1944. To this day, the Khedive Ismail tragedy remains the worst maritime tragedy associated with the port of Mombasa. His late father, Percival Crabb, known in the Royal Navy as: Buster”, was a Petty Officer Stoker travelling in the Khedive Ismail. More European officers were sunbathing on the ship’s deck as were some of the East African troops.

Source: Standard Digital February 12, 2017 06:11 UTC