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Originally Posted by Noren
But there is the famous sinking of a submerged german sub, of the norwegian coast by a english sub. The english captain fired a 4 torpedo spread and had a fortunate hit, to him it was worth it (german subs must have been priority targets).
Now, if I was the captain I dont think I would have surface and manned the deckgun. what if the enemy sub raced to me and fired a spread? A prolonged crashdive could take minutes and then baaaam!
(or, I could pick up the deck-crew later haha)
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There was a famous battle between a british and an Italian submarine in WW2.
It's remembered because, at a certain point, the two vessels, unaware of each other position, surfaced one near the other. Caught by surprise, the men from the two subs rushed towards the deck guns. An italian gunner, probably in an attempt to distract the enemy, threw a shoe at the British
In the excitement of the battle, probably it looked to the terrified British as a hand grenade.
We don't know if this shoe was the turning point of the battle, but at the end the british sub was sunk. Desperation is the mother of virtue!
PS: the story of the shoe may be just a legend about the proverbial italian ingenuity ... or not.
