ONCE THE HOPE OF A NATION. — A grim reminder of the last war is the breaking up of old German ', submarines at Falmouth. These vessels, once the pride of the German High Seas Fleet and the hope of that nation to win the War by sinking all food convoys to England, now lie broken on the rocks of the South Devon coast, battered by all the gales from the Atlantic. Scaling the conning tower during Work on one of the old submarines.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 110, 12 May 1939, Page 5
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82ONCE THE HOPE OF A NATION.—A grim reminder of the last war is the breaking up of old German ', submarines at Falmouth. These vessels, once the pride of the German High Seas Fleet and the hope of that nation to win the War by sinking all food convoys to England, now lie broken on the rocks of the South Devon coast, battered by all the gales from the Atlantic. Scaling the conning tower during Work on one of the old submarines. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 110, 12 May 1939, Page 5
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