Yesterday, marched as a veteran at the Cenotaph with the Fisgard Association (ex.RN Artificer Apprentices), members have written of their T-Class memories for our newsletter. I remember the loss of the Israeli submarine Dakar (1968), we were sent to search for her, being an anti-submarine Frigate. The Dakar was originally HMS Totem and carried a Canadian Inuit Totem Pole, which the tribe declared would keep her safe. The Totem Pole was removed after the sale to the Israeli Defence Force (along with two other T-Class boats). The submarine was refitted and then carried out trials in the UK but was lost on the voyage to Israel. The submarine was not located for more than thirty years, not far off of Crete (where we were when the search was called off).