Which navies are said to have captured vessels by boarding them naked?
Short answerThe examples are a reported Canadian U-boat boarding and an earlier Scottish captain whose clothes were reportedly blown off during an attack. Neither vessel nor captain is identified.
NotesOne recollection describes three Canadian sailors jumping from a corvette onto a U-boat and boarding it without clothes. A suggested Russian Civil War parallel is disputed because the men in that account are said to have retained their underwear. An earlier story concerns a Scottish captain who later served under Admiral Duncan. In that story, a gun discharge blows off the captain's clothes while he leads a night boarding of a French ship, and he continues the attack. The ships and the Scottish officer are unnamed, so the anecdotes do not establish a precise identification or chronology.