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Small Navies website - Canberra was not struck by long lance torpedos Hello Pieter from Australia. I note on your Small Navies Site under The Battle of Savo Island you indicate that Canberra was hit by Long Lance Torpedoes. At the start of Savo I was the Officer of the Watch on Canberra's bridge as a Sub Lieutenanmt RAN, I can assure you we were not hit by a single Japanese torpedo, we probably picked up a torpedo which came from our starboard US destroyer escort USS Bagley. Should you be interested I have published my story about Canberra's loss on my Web Site. With best regards,
It is fascinating to hear about this from someone who was there, especilly since that note was compiled from some published histories as an aid to making game scenarios, not as real history! I enjoyed reading your article, and unless you object, will add a link to it from that section of my page as well as correcting the text. I might take a bit of time to get it there, you may have noticed that page has not been updated in a few years(!) as my interests have largely moved away from wargaming. Military history will always be interesting to me, so thanks for making me aware of your site. Best wishes;
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