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To: greatdefender

Georg Ritter von Trapp was a pioneer submarine commander in the Austro-Hungarian navy. His first wife was Agathe Whitehead, granddaughter of Robert Whitehead, the inventor of the torpedo.


4 posted on 12/29/2010 12:29:56 PM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark

SMU-5 with Commander Georg Ritter von Trapp


10 posted on 12/29/2010 12:50:04 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: iowamark

**A Member of the Austro-Hungarian Navy**

Thanks for that clarification. I couldn’t figure out how Austria had a navy. I thought Austria was land locked.


14 posted on 12/29/2010 1:41:03 PM PST by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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