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harryt8 · 10-14-10, 12:16 AM

In case it had passed you by, October 14th 1939 is when Gunther Prien on U47 sank the elderly battleship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow.

I tried the re-enactment on SH3 Single Missions, but got "zapped" very early in my approach.

For more detail of Herr Prien's and U47's career see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-47_(1938)

10-14-10, 12:16 AM	#1
harryt8 Bosun Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 64 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	It happened on this day in 1939.... In case it had passed you by, October 14th 1939 is when Gunther Prien on U47 sank the elderly battleship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. I tried the re-enactment on SH3 Single Missions, but got "zapped" very early in my approach. For more detail of Herr Prien's and U47's career see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-47_(1938)