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Old 4 January 2000, 03:17 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Jim,

Don't you mean Llandovery Castle? The U-boot skipper was condemned to a meagre 4 years. However, he had gone into hiding and was never seen again. This punishment was ridiculously low and would result in a show-trial after WWII when the Allies hanged a few U-boot crewmen after an incident the nature of which still puzzles me. I also recall that one or perhaps more of the WWI hospital ship sinkings was/were honest mistakes.

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