Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
.@primleyjack The league was never in modern use. But when my late father helped sink the German raider 'Scharnhorst' at North Cape on Boxing day 1943, the (then) world's best Navy still used fathoms in soundings & on its excellent charts. Scharnhorst used metres and km. — PolitiTweet.org
Jack Primley @PrimleyJack
@Lazarus3271 @ClarkeMicah Also, disappointing that there’s absolutely no mention of how many Leagues this occurred… https://t.co/gGTBwk0hck