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Re: Dearne
Posted by: phil morgan (IP Logged)
Date: August 22, 2017 10:10AM

Just dug a little deeper:

H. 10 sighted the Commodore’s force. The range luckily was such that the ships were beyond attack and, moreover, she recognised them as apparently British. Otherwise she had nothing to report. E16 observed Zeppelins and torpedo boats but all beyond range, till on December 22 she discovered a large vessel strongly escorted. Thinking this must be of some value, Lieutenant-Commander Duff-Dunbar, commanding E16, decided to attack and fired a torpedo. It missed. E16 had been sighted by one of the screening vessels only 50 yards ahead of her. Although it turned to ram her, Lieutenant-Commander Duff-Dunbar fired a second torpedo at the large ship and had the satisfaction of seeing it hit before he dived to escape being rammed. In the course of'the hunt for E16 which followed, the high speed of the hunting craft frustrated any chance of attack on them.

Phil



Subject Written By Posted
  Dearne Joe R 08/20/2017 03:18PM
  Re: Dearne garstonia 08/21/2017 06:57AM
  Re: Dearne Joe R 08/21/2017 09:27AM
  Re: Dearne Jan-Olof 08/22/2017 04:07AM
  Re: Dearne Joe R 08/22/2017 08:09AM
  Re: Dearne phil morgan 08/22/2017 08:57AM
  Re: Dearne phil morgan 08/22/2017 10:10AM
  Re: Dearne Joe R 08/22/2017 12:44PM
  Re: Dearne Jan-Olof 08/23/2017 09:34AM
  Re: Dearne phil morgan 08/23/2017 10:58PM


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