Sallyport Hotel, Portsmouth

Front view of the Sallyport Hotel, Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) stayed on the night of 18/19 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

Circumstances Crabb Disappeared Diver Frogman Investigating Ordkhonikidze Ordzhonikidze Parked Phillip Portsmouth Reconnaissance Suspicious

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