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Originally Posted by Henry Wood
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Originally Posted by bigboywooly
Sometimes the bigger ships sit on the harbour floor and are not always classed as sunk
Had a Nelson Battleship in Loch Ewe I put 5 torps into but still didnt get the kill as it was still "alive" just sat on the floor  |
I've just finished reading 'Operation Drumbeat' about the second 'Happy Time' off the East Coast of the United States. U-123, KL Reinhard Hardegan, left two tankers torpedoed off Georgia in waters so shallow (12 metres) that their sterns rested on the bottom and their funnel, bridge and forecastle remained above the surface; Hardegan considered these to be legitimate sinkings and had the waters been deeper there seems little doubt they would have fully sunk. They were soon raised and towed for repair enabling them to sail again until finally sunk later in the war by other U-Boats. (Ships were SS Oklahoma - 9,264 GRT, and SS Esso Baton Rouge - 7,989 GRT.) It's a good job Hardegan was not forced to play to SH3 rules or his tonnage record would have suffered badly!:hmm: |
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: too true