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1. chelydra wrote: very strong and serious |
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2. five wrote: very good |
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3. AFSOUTH wrote: Deck gun mounted and ready to go! Outstanding! |
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4. priya41 wrote: VERY GOOD! |
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5. marky wrote: U-47 was captained by Gunter prien, at the start of the war, he was given a special mission, to infiltrate the British naval fleet base |
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6. marky wrote: At scappa flow in scotland, heavily fortified, and protected by anti sub nets, and patroled by sub killers depth charge frigates, he bided his time |
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7. marky wrote: And waited at the mouth of the estuary, for full moon and high tide, silhouetted by the landscape he came in at night |
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8. marky wrote: On high tide over the nets on the surface, narrowly escaping detection, he took aim at the British battleship the royal oak. |
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9. marky wrote: And fired a torpedo! It hit the oak but did not detonate, so he fired a second, boom! The royal oak went to the bottom. |
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10. marky wrote: With the loss of over a 1000 men the majority of whom were asleep on board at the time, in the ensuing escape u-47 hit one of the jettys |
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11. marky wrote: But survived, on their return the crew were hailed, and gained the begrudging respect of royal navy for the sheer cheek and courage of the operation. |
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12. marky wrote: Prien and crew were lost off the Irish coast in the latter stages of the war, depth charged but not confirmed, it is speculated a torpedo exploded in one of 47s tubes. |
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13. okeanos wrote: lovely!!! |
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14. nancylee wrote: Striking picture, and a story I did not know. |
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15. indigo wrote: Well done!! Thank-you for the history lesson. ^J^ |
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16. linmar wrote: well done |
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17. lesley_gene wrote: Quite a story to go with this well depicted sub. Thanks for all the info. I learn so much here. :) |
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18. marky wrote: thanks all l.o.l |
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19. DilCoura wrote: Muito bom! |
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20. Miulo wrote: Nice sub!!^^ |
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