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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Martin Fricker

WW2 veteran, 97, traumatised by sub sinking swims for first time in 80 YEARS

A 97-year-old World War II veteran has got back into the water for a swim for the first time since his ship was torpedoed 80 years ago.

Roger Roberts was left with a fear of swimming after the traumatic sinking of HMS Charybdis in the English Channel in October 1943.

The Royal Navy seaman, then aged just 17, was working in the engine room at the time of the devastating strike.

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