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Sailor Steve 05-17-08 03:26 PM

Bet You Never Had A Ship Do This...
 
In my continuing quest for merchant ships and their names, I stumbled across this at www.warsailors.com, a Norwegian merchant website:
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Bomma was southbound with general cargo and was off Romsdal when 2 German aircraf flew in low on Apr. 9-1940 (German attack on Norway). The captain dropped anchor and the crew took refuge in the woods.
That doesn't happen often in any game I've ever played.:rotfl:

Oh, Bomma was also part of the fleet that transported Norway's gold for safekeeping in the US.

Jimbuna 05-17-08 03:34 PM

I've read a few articles over the years of Italian skippers beaching their vessels in the Med the minute a warship appears on the horizon :lol:

Murr44 05-17-08 04:00 PM

How about the U-boat sunk by a toilet malfunction?:D For details go here: http://uboat.net/boats/u1206.htm .

Strange but true!

I just thought of this. Maybe the "crash dive of doom" bug (where you load a game & the boat sinks slowly until it reaches crush depth) is meant to model this and therefore, not a bug at all!:D

Blacklight 05-17-08 04:02 PM

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How about the U-boat sunk by a toilet malfunction?:D
That's what happens when you get a clogged drain, and you send Bernard in to work on the plumming. :nope:

Frank0001 05-17-08 06:08 PM

Haha, great story!

Apperantly, a specialist was needed to 'operate' the toilet. What a lousy job the guy must have, flushing toilets for other people!
(and you can imagine the hazards of being a toilet specialist :huh: )

Tombow 05-17-08 06:47 PM

Actually, some US Captains did the same on polar convoys when the lot got clobbered by U-Boats. There is even a documented account where one captain beached his ship near a small fishermen village and insisted the freight has been properly delivered to a russian port (so he insisted on being properly paid as per contract obligations).

Red Heat 05-18-08 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Murr44
How about the U-boat sunk by a toilet malfunction?:D For details go here: http://uboat.net/boats/u1206.htm .

Strange but true!

I just thought of this. Maybe the "crash dive of doom" bug (where you load a game & the boat sinks slowly until it reaches crush depth) is meant to model this and therefore, not a bug at all!:D

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


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