To: ibbryn
There is a good movie about this story.
They were given no choice. Either they violate the law and end up arrested and scuttled, or thy return to open sea for a guaranteed sinking.
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02/04/2004 10:58:49 AM PST by
sharktrager
(The last rebel without a cause in a world full of causes without a rebel.)
To: sharktrager
They were given no choice. Either they violate the law and end up arrested and scuttled, or thy return to open sea for a guaranteed sinking.Read a great book where it's described how this actually happened.
The british actually rose fake masts on a ship to make it's silhouette look lake a great warship taht was really a thousand miles away.
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