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Now I have a chance to give this document a thorough read.

Have just got up to page 56. I had no idea this had happened.

October 1939, HMS Nelson hit by 2 torpedoes fired by U-56, a Type II U-boat. Said torpedoes just bounced harmlessly off the hull.

What surprised me was who was on board at the time.

"Inside one of her many compartments, the captain's cabin probably, Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, was discussing the present state of security of the Royal Navy's main bases at Scapa Flow, Loch Ewe, and Rosyth. Seated at the table with him was the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, as well as the then First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill"

As the author of the document states, this story is one of the great 'what ifs' of the war.

Very good find Sailor Steve, thanks mate