Thread: U-boat torpedo almost hits tanker 63 years after fired at the HMS Royal Oak!
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Old 09-28-09, 09:06 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by jimbuna View Post
Fell off as a result of excessive corrosion maybe
So the biggest threat was a hot run... pretty unlikely after 30 some years. Why blow the thing up? It would have made a nice musieum piece.
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