I was hunting off the east coast of England in late september of '39 and saw a ship just pluging away at sevin knots and having a good old time. It was daylight and conditions were good so I thoght I would try some long range torpido work. I fired from just outside of 6.5k and waited. I had the speed set to medium speed so it would make it all the way to the target with steam left over but still make decent time to target. As the torpido tracked to target I was watching the attack map to see if it was lined up right for a hit. It was a beutiful shot, 000 gyroangle and 90 degree AOB at the point of impact give or take a few degrees. Five minits or so ticked by as my eel went out to meat my new friend and sure enuf it found him but to my shock and dissmay the damn thing didn't blow; it was a dud.
Well I wasn't having any of that went to full steam ahead and shelled that most offencive ship into oblivion.
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