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A New South China Morning Post Long Read – Deep Impact – Anti-Piracy Subs in 1920s Hong Kong

Posted: August 2nd, 2024 | No Comments »

Submarines proved their worth in World War I. Afterwards Britain’s Royal Navy deployed its newest ones to Hong Kong to eradicate piracy from beneath the waves. But when a Hong Kong-based submarine hunting pirates fired on a ferry carrying 200 and it sank there was hell to pay… click here to read…



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