HMS President has survived U-boat attacks, bombing raids, London smog and even parties of marauding Made In Chelsea stars. During the second world war it served as a London base for General de Gaulle’s French resistance. “The ship’s supposed to be a centrepiece of the first world war commemorations in 2018. “The U-boat campaign in the first world war was monstrously effective,” Weir said. “It came closer to bringing Britain to defeat than the second world war version.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2016 20:07 UTC