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On This Day - September 11

1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse was undocked.
1941 Thunderbolt (N 25) HMS Thunderbolt torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Livorno about 35 nautical miles west-south-west of Benghazi, Libya.
1941 O 24 (Dutch) Encountered a Motor-Torpedo Boat. Five minutes later two torpedo tracks were seen coming from starboard which were evaded. O24 cleared the area at speed.
1943 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual lays her remaining 20 mines off Lemnos, Greece.
1944 Venturer (P 68) Torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Vang off Lister, Norway
2001 Terrorist Attacks Terrorist attacks on the United States result in the destruction of the two largest towers of the World Trade Center in New York by civilian airliners. A third plane crashes into the Pentagon in Arlington VA; a fourth plane crashes when the passengers overpower the hijackers

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XT 1 (Extent)

Class: 1943 - 1946: XT Class
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: XT
Fate:
Moored in Aberlady Bay and used for weapons trials by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft based at RAF East Fortune.
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German U-Boats at Sea
Historical documentary which explores the efforts of German soldiers during World War II.

The outbreak of the Second World War meant that both sides had to concentrate a huge amount of their workforce on rearmament, with large amounts of supplies being delivered by air.

The German army relied heavily on their U-boats, and with ambush tactics devised by their creator, Admiral Doentitz, they became a dangerous force on the water.

The programme includes rare footage of former captains and U-boats in action.
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