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“Sir HMS Invincible has exploded.” (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

See also the HMS Dreadnaught. A ship named "fear nothing" who spent most of her career relegated to coastal defence because she was outdated and would've been an easy target.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Dreadnought's one score was ramming and sinking a U-boat. It gets more interesting because that U-boat was commanded by Otto Weddingen, who had previously commanded a really obsolete old U-boat named "U-9" when she sank three armored cruisers in one attack while submerged, a feat that shocked everyone into realizing the actual threat posed by submarines.

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