I heard that more than a couple of (iron) bombs that hit British ships didn't go off because the arming mechanism had been inadvertently painted over, not allowing the arming prop to spin up, and had that not been the case there would've been more shipping losses than there were. Not sure how true it is or isn't.
The British forces had a rough go of it, and technically I agree they were a lot more closely matched than some may think.
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