b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » Message 8172798 (Thread)

# Well, it's not the Graf Spee
Or the captured German submarine, which was renamed HMS Graph after being captured mid-Atlantic and being towed to Iceland and Liverpool, so I'm RISing.
(, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 19:48, archived)
# That is some impressive knowledge of Naval hardware.
Are you a Seaman?
(, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 19:51, archived)
# It was never finished...
(, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 19:52, archived)
# Your knowledge exceeds mine
and I conceed to you, Sir.
(, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 20:04, archived)
# I got hooked on all this stuff as a kid,
after hearing "Sink the Bismark" on the radio.

Back when pop radio actually played music...
(, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 20:25, archived)
# Ha ha!
no - we're trying to find out if my Granddad was involved in the capture of HMS Graph or not...
And Battle of the River Plate is a classic.
(, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 20:05, archived)