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#1 2014-11-21 17:13:48
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The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
From the days when we British had a Navy...
Now we have more Admirals than ships. Thirty-eight admirals for twenty-nine ships to be exact!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30128199
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#2 2014-11-21 17:16:09
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
Plenty of supervision it sounds like.
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#3 2014-11-21 17:24:10
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
Last edited by formby (2014-11-21 17:25:55)
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#4 2014-11-21 17:29:09
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
Sunken ships are quite intriguing.
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#5 2014-11-21 17:32:11
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
Mmmm,
My point is that they found a peaceful use other than for blowing things up...
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#6 2014-11-21 17:34:21
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#7 2014-11-21 17:39:22
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
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#8 2014-11-22 04:05:17
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
Even if the French had got them - I suspect the end result would have been more or less the same.
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/churchills-deadly-decision-destroy-the-french-fleet.html
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#9 2014-11-22 05:36:45
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
Most likely. The French don't have the best rack record of effectively managing their navy anyhow.
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#10 2014-11-22 06:03:17
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
The French have never forgiven the English over Mers-el-Kebir.
In my view the RN was right to sink them, given the circumstances.
The article linked to above is very poor.
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#11 2014-11-22 06:15:01
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#12 2014-11-22 06:58:32
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
My apologies for the 'poor article' - didn't actually read it myself - just linked it to give some historical perspective and wanted to dazzle you with my knowledge .... 
Totally agree with you, given the circumstances , it was entirely the right move.
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#13 2014-11-22 14:48:06
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Re: The day the entire German fleet surrendered...
I came up to see her sometimes.
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