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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter
Fortunately, they --Britain- lacked submarines. Unfortunately, Germany didn't push their tactics to a new and more covert level.
The Germans were required to warn allied crewmen when they were going to torpedo a ship. Unfortunately, this cost many German sailors their lives because the British decided to add hidden guns to freighters and such.
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Nor did any escorts have depth charges, so really it was easy pickings unless they tried a surface attack only to find the merchant turns out to be a Q ship.
U-9 commanded by Weddigen sunk 3 english battlecruisers - the Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue within 1 hour.