http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4294953.ece Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup: wartime submariner] The Times, 9 July 2008 In January 1945, HMS Strongbow was badly battered by Japanese depth charges, but Troup nursed his severely damaged vessel 1000 miles across the Indian Ocean back to its base, where she assessed as unfit for further service.