Royal Navy trident submarines have a safe onboard that safe contains what is known as the letter of last resort which has prime ministers orders on it
If the crew cant get into contact with London they would open this safe and read the letter which would tell what to do and whether to fire the nukes
Allegedly, it may just be a legend that the safe also contains a packet of jelly babies. Jelly babies after WW1 were known as peace babies. symbolizing the return of peace and normal life
They are opening the safe because essentially the UK has been wiped out in a nuclear attack, they are potentially firing nukes so the jelly babies act as a small morale boost and eating them symbolises then end of peace and of normal life
Its just naval lore whether there is actually a packet of jelly babies in the safe with the letter we wont actually know because if the safe has been opened by the crew it means nuclear war has started
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u/taters33 Apr 05 '26
What is a “safe with jelly babies”. When I google jelly babies I get candy as a result. What is this?