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To: edzo4

Here is a cute one...RE: IRON EAGLE

Feb 14 2018 19:01:01 (EST) Q
SEPT 7, 1776.

Today in HISTORY SEP 07

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-first-submarine-attack

Turtle vs. Eagler

,Ezra Lee piloted the craft unnoticed out to the 64-gun HMS Eagle in New York Harbor on September 7, 1776. As Lee worked to anchor a time bomb to the hull, he could see British seamen on the deck above, but they failed to notice the strange craft below the surface. Lee had almost secured the bomb when his boring tools failed to penetrate a layer of iron sheathing. He retreated, and the bomb exploded nearby, causing no harm to either the Eagle or the Turtle.


398 posted on 05/09/2018 2:11:36 PM PDT by smoky415
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To: smoky415
Lee had almost secured the bomb when his boring tools failed to penetrate a layer of iron sheathing.

Maybe if he'd had more exciting tools, they would have succeeded.

:)
401 posted on 05/09/2018 2:16:43 PM PDT by HoneysuckleTN (Back where the woodbine twineth via Q... || President Trump 2020 KAG! :) MAGA!)
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