Meet the SBS: one man strangled nine Germans with his bare hands

Like the SAS, the tough-as-nails Royal Marines section dates back to Winston Churchill's day

Special Boat Service

RIGHTLY or wrongly, the reputation of the Special Boat Service has suffered as a result of the failed operation to rescue British hostage Christopher McManus and his Italian colleague Franco Lamolinara from the hands of their Nigerian captors.

Until more details of the raid are released it's impossible to state with any certainty what went wrong.

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