Entrance to the dockyard, Portsmouth

Entrance to the dockyard at Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) disappeared on 19 April 1956. Crabb was a British Royal Naval frogman and MI6 diver (some would say sabotage agent and alleged double agent), who disappeared during a reconnaissance mission investigating the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze in Portsmouth Harbour. A body was found months later, but it was difficult to identify as the head and hands were missing

Archway Circumstances Crabb Disappeared Diver Dockyard Frogman Investigating Ordkhonikidze Ordzhonikidze Phillip Portsmouth Reconnaissance Suspicious Vernon

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