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Originally Posted by Raticon
Case 3. Approaching towards the western channel approach. Large convoy with some ships showing heavy damage and even one of the escorts straggling behind with many fires aboard. One of the tankers even had a rather nasty oil-slick leaving behind.
Is this also a case of randomized damage or evidence of an earlier storm? Weather was fine so Luftwaffe is plausible, but unlikely. Year was 1940 and i had gotten the radio message that some german cruisers was lurking around in the high seas looking for convoys... Could they be the culprits in this?
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I've seen many Luftwaffe attacks on British shipping in 1940, so I wouldn't say it was unlikely to be the cause. I have yet to see German surface ships attack convoys, but hopefully I will see this happen one day.
Nemo
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