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Originally Posted by Snake Eyes
Any mention in any of those weird fact sites about an Allied destroyer or submarine being sunk by a shore-based German tank off the Atlantic coast of France during WWII? We covered that incident in a high school history class but I'll be dammed if I can find a source for it.
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Couldn't find that specific incident but I did find some others in a similar vein at ww2aircraft.net
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2...gate-2415.html
Of particular interest in that thread is the British submarine HMS Safari that attacked a German transport ship unloading supplies on the coast of Africa. Allegedly one torpedo was fired and missed the supply ship but travelled up the beach and hit a German tank. While I can find details of the German supply vessels attacked, I can't find any references to the tank story except for the wikipedia entry and a Russian website that appears to have copied the wiki entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Safari_(P211)
http://www.royalnavy-nf.org/viewtopi...4e1&view=print
However, there is a 1999 book about HMS Safari called "Crash Dive" that "may" shed some more light on the alleged incident.
http://uboat.net/books/item/2003