Originally Posted by
Herod
The Navy still operate a Swordfish, which has a Pegasus of a similar era. Might be worth asking them. I seem to recall seeing Swordfish being started, and a crank being used.
Correct, there are lots of videos showing the Swordfish being started using a hand crank. It's on the other side from the chap in the photo above, but that could just be a design thing.