Episode 361 - The K Class Submarine and the Battle of May Island

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Come see us live in London June 22nd: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/ Once upon a time, the British Navy built one of the worst submarines ever put to sea and then promptly smashed them into one another repeatedly. Sources: N.S Nash. K Boat Catastrophe: Eight Ships and Five Collisions. Edwyn Gray. Disasters of the Deep: A Comprehensive Survey of Submarine Accidents & Disasters Anthony Preston. World's Worst Warships https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120339/http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/underseawarfaremagazine/issues/archives/issue_49/KforKatastrophe.html https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/the-battle-of-may-island-january-1917-and-k-class-submarines-of-the-first-world-war/

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0:00.0	If you've ever wanted to see us live while we're heading back to London.
0:04.1	That's right. Again, we will be performing June 22nd at the Big Fat Festival at the Big Belly Comedy Club in London.
0:12.6	So get your tickets now. They'll be in the show notes. You can come see us like 20 other acts, including friends of the show that we have worked with before.
0:21.7	Get your tickets now and we hope to see you there. If you like what we do friends of the show that we have worked with before. Get your tickets now,
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0:49.5	which has turned into a lovely little community. So go to patreon.com slash lions led by donkeys
0:55.8	and join the Legion of By Donkeys podcast. I'm Joe and with me is Tom.
1:23.5	And we're the head of the Royal Navy Submarine Recruitment Drive, circa 1960.
1:28.3	Hello, would you like to enlist in His Majesty's Submarine Corps brought to you by G4S Solutions?
1:36.3	Are you some kind of strange gremlin who enjoys passing their time hanging out in dark, slightly moist pipes?
1:43.3	Do you like standing, sleeping and
1:46.0	shitting so close to your coworkers that you can touch them at all times? Most importantly,
1:50.5	do you reject all forms of bathing to the point that your filth and fluids can chill together
1:55.6	with your body here into what we call our patented Submarineraner carapace sponsored by Tesco.
2:03.0	Enlist today.
2:04.7	Hey Tom, how you doing?
2:06.0	It's way too fucking early in the morning to talk about body carapuses.
2:12.5	It is quarter past eight in the morning.
2:15.2	We're recording early because I have to go to the airport.
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