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HMS Porcupine
Posted by: walter M ()
Date: September 16, 2001 01:47PM

<HTML>Dear sub-addicts mates,
one light-hearted story: in 1942 U 602 hit destroyer HMS Porcupine, breaking her in two parts which managed to stay afloat. These parts were towed back to shipyards and...separately rebuilt. They did not weld together the two halves; they added new structures to the surviving parts. The TWO new destroyers were aptly named HMS Pork and HMS Pine. If this story is true, well, the British Admiralty really has the sense of humour. Check the story at:
[website.lineone.net]
Does anybody know if there are other records of this on the Net?
Greetings
walter M
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Subject Written By Posted
HMS Porcupine walter M 09/16/2001 01:47PM
RE: HMS Porcupine oliver 09/16/2001 05:13PM
RE: HMS Porcupine Brian Corijn 09/16/2001 05:28PM
HMS Zubian Michael Lowrey 09/16/2001 06:38PM
RE: HMS Zubian MPC 09/16/2001 06:47PM
RE: HMS Zubian Michael Lowrey 09/16/2001 07:16PM
RE: HMS Zubian MPC 09/16/2001 06:45PM
\&quot;Swoose!\&quot; walter M 09/16/2001 09:15PM
RE: \\\&quot;Swoose!\\\&quot; J.T. McDaniel 09/17/2001 12:14AM
USS Menges Rainer Kolbicz 09/16/2001 08:05PM
RE: USS Menges walter M 09/16/2001 08:55PM
RE: USS Menges Robert E. 09/17/2001 06:40PM


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