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Strangely i'm actually in this area and theres is no mines at least.
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Their there alright, I've found out the hard way. 
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Nope, that was another career in the dust bin. Crew couldn't contain the heavy flooding after hitting the mine. U-48 with it's Captain Gustav Mindt and crew rest at the bottom of the North Sea at 72 metres depth. But if you are asking if I personally survived then the answer I'm glad to say is yes. 
Nemo
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"I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic".
Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL
AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF
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