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Re: First submerged sub versus sub encounter?
Posted by:
Dirk
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Date: March 16, 2007 08:35PM
Oliver,
could well be as you say (in fact it probably is, since you appear to have some detailed PRINTED information).
I find it quite interesting how information that is factually wrong sometimes proliferates on the net, because people no longer bother to check sources. I googled around a bit to find the source of the Wikipedia claim and I think I found it: there was in fact a US-built R-class in 1917/18 (some of which survived until well into WW2). One of those is credited with firing (and missing) 4 torpedoes at a German u-boat in 1942. Coincidence?
All the best
Dirk
could well be as you say (in fact it probably is, since you appear to have some detailed PRINTED information).
I find it quite interesting how information that is factually wrong sometimes proliferates on the net, because people no longer bother to check sources. I googled around a bit to find the source of the Wikipedia claim and I think I found it: there was in fact a US-built R-class in 1917/18 (some of which survived until well into WW2). One of those is credited with firing (and missing) 4 torpedoes at a German u-boat in 1942. Coincidence?
All the best
Dirk
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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First submerged sub versus sub encounter? | Per Nordenberg | 03/12/2007 11:25AM |
Re: First submerged sub versus sub encounter? | Dirk | 03/13/2007 06:59AM |
Re: First submerged sub versus sub encounter? | kurt | 03/15/2007 08:52PM |
Re: First submerged sub versus sub encounter? | Oliver Lörscher | 03/16/2007 05:38PM |
Re: First submerged sub versus sub encounter? | Dirk | 03/16/2007 08:35PM |
Re: First submerged sub versus sub encounter? | James Pratt | 03/25/2007 01:01AM |