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Re: Sinking of Gibraltar
Posted by:
Islandman
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Date: November 29, 2013 01:20AM
Hello Oliver,
Yes, I agree that we will never know what really happened but it is more than likely that a friendly submarine was actually fired upon; probably French as I think that the battery commander would have been severely reprimanded if it had been a British sub!
I had considered whether a German U-boat was after a "spectacular" by attacking an important British naval base, but I think this very unlikely in view of the dangers involved and the very poor "risk to reward" ratio; they would also have certainly not been on the surface!
In the end, I am just sure that no U-boat was sunk by that battery!
Charles
Yes, I agree that we will never know what really happened but it is more than likely that a friendly submarine was actually fired upon; probably French as I think that the battery commander would have been severely reprimanded if it had been a British sub!
I had considered whether a German U-boat was after a "spectacular" by attacking an important British naval base, but I think this very unlikely in view of the dangers involved and the very poor "risk to reward" ratio; they would also have certainly not been on the surface!
In the end, I am just sure that no U-boat was sunk by that battery!
Charles
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/27/2013 04:19PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/27/2013 06:14PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Oliver Lörscher | 11/27/2013 06:29PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/27/2013 08:40PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Oliver Lörscher | 11/28/2013 11:07PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/29/2013 01:20AM |
Re: Sinking off Gibraltar | Islandman | 12/08/2013 05:35PM |
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