Colin Hamilton – Training other nations

We trained the Canadians. On Orpheus, we had Canadians, which were paid four times as much as we were, we had Australians …

Simon: That’s a bit galling.

Yes, it was galling. But they were mostly Scots and Irish these Canadians.

Simon: Right. How did they get onto that then?

Well, they’d obviously emigrated. It was galling.

They were earning a lot more money than we were, but they were very nice chaps and as you say, you know you might spend all your time out there following the enemy and eventually sinking them but you know, they’re doing their job and you’re doing your job so it isn’t  quite the same.