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Old 05-04-2008, 12:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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A dreadful business. And ironic that the Germans who started unrestricted submarine warfare should suffer so heavily because of it.

A good thing they were never able to torpedo HMT Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth - they sometimes carried 16000 people when used as troopships during the war. They relied on their speed to avoid the U-boats; a gamble but fortunately a successful one.
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