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1. Both were riding high in the water....

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 09:15 PM

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a large band of red below the loaded water line visible. This means they were running empty, or nearly so.

Also, both were hit in the stern, where the engines and other equipment are, not in the oil tanks. So (mostly) enviromentally friendly warfare.

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