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To: Homer_J_Simpson
The Tromp and the Sumatra, the two ships mentioued in the article on the Dutch naval review would go on to have notable careers. During World War II, the Tromp, which saw heavy combat, would be falsely reported as being sunk so many times, only to reappear, that it earned the nickname "Ghost Ship." The Sumatra was eventually scuttled on the coast of Normandy to create a breakwater for an artificial harbor set up to support the Normandy invasion of 1944.
4 posted on 09/04/2008 6:30:28 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
The Tromp and the Sumatra, the two ships mentioued in the article on the Dutch naval review would go on to have notable careers.

Good catch. That is interesting info of which I was not aware.

6 posted on 09/04/2008 6:59:07 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson (For events that occurred in 1938, real time is 1938, not 2008.)
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