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  1. 01-23-2017, 21:40 #1
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    Default When was the last 74 lost to enemy action?

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    WWII bombings?
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    H.M.S. Wellesley was severely damaged in a German air raid on 24th September 1940 and subsequently sank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Wellesley_(1815)

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    Intersting - didn't know that.
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    Very interesting question Graham.
    Thank goodness the bombing of Portsmouth did not do that to the Victory.
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  6. 01-24-2017, 05:28 #6
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    What a great piece of trivia!
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    I'l file that away for future use! Thanks!
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    That's your Sails/Wings crossover game sorted :)
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    That's your Sails/Wings crossover game sorted :)
    Could go under the name of "Save our Seventy Four." SOS. (and Chip Shop.)

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    The other ship named after the Duke of Wellington, H.M.S. Iron Duke, was also hit by German bombs in October 1939 and had to be run aground to stop her from sinking. A strange coincidence?
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