Forgot to mention I'm reading 'The Golden Horseshoe' again at the moment. Nice little book about Otto and U99. Just got to the bit where he sank two armed merchant cruisers (18000 and 10000 tons) and a merch in one action. He kept hitting the cruisers only to see oak barrels popping out. Supposedly these were added for extra buoyancy in just such circumstances. Took 6 hits for one of them as he was in a hurry due an approaching DD!
Hope there are no barrels in GWX!
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