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| Person: Raikes, Richard Prendergast |
| Name | Raikes, Richard Prendergast |
| Description | A Royal Navy officer who commanded the submarines HMS L26, Tribune, Seawolf and Tuna during WW2. On 7 dec 1942 HMS Tuna delivered Special Boat Service commandos to the mouth of the Gironde for a raid on Bordeaux, an operation dramatised in the film 'The Cockleshell Heroes'. |
| Lived | Born 21 Jan 1912, Died 24 May 2005 |
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