HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy to be scrapped.

Catfish · 01-11-12, 05:20 AM

Well it was U-29 which was sunk by a Dreadnought, but it had been U-9 which sunk the three cruisers. Of course, Weddigen had been commander of both.

Even if it had been defenseless and surfaced, Churchill's order was that "Shipwrecked crews [of U-boats] should be arrested or shot, whatever seems practical." A fleet being threatend by U-boats would have most probably made a ramming "more practical"

01-11-12, 05:20 AM	#14
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,805 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Well it was U-29 which was sunk by a Dreadnought, but it had been U-9 which sunk the three cruisers. Of course, Weddigen had been commander of both. Even if it had been defenseless and surfaced, Churchill's order was that "Shipwrecked crews [of U-boats] should be arrested or shot, whatever seems practical." A fleet being threatend by U-boats would have most probably made a ramming "more practical" Last edited by Catfish; 01-11-12 at 05:31 AM.

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