"A bloody encounter in the North Sea, 1917 " Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Apr 2016 9:54 p.m. PST |
by Chris Sams. "Day broke on the 17 October 1917 and HMS Strongbow, an R-class destroyer escorting a convoy consisting of two British, one Belgian and nine neutral Scandinavian vessels from Lerwick to Bergen with the armed trawlers Elise and P. Fannon. Strongbow was at the rear of the convoy whilst her sister HMS Mary Rose under Lt. Commander Fox led the convoy from the front, when the crew spotted two cruisers at 06:05 approaching through the early morning haze at two points after beam. Visibility was only 4000 yards and the two vessels were closing at speed. The Duty officer Acting Lieutenant James, believed them to be British light cruisers of the Cleopatra class and he signalled them for identification using a Morse spot lamp. There was no response. The second signal met with no response. The third was met with a poorly morsed letters that made no sense when translated. Something was not right and James immediately sent for the Captain Lt-Commander Brooke and Strongbow turned to meet the two unknown vessels and increased speed…."
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 ochoin  | 07 Apr 2016 3:16 a.m. PST |
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| Choctaw | 07 Apr 2016 7:55 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 07 Apr 2016 10:21 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement
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adds a tower to his 15mm trainyard.
