Скачать или смотреть They Mocked His 'Slow' Cargo Ship — Until It Sank the Deadliest U-Boat in the Atlantic

On October 29, 1942, in the desolate Mid-Atlantic Gap, the SS Stephen Hopkins faced a tactical death sentence. Armed only with an obsolete 1910 deck gun and capable of just 11 knots, this Liberty ship was intercepted by superior German surface forces. This documentary reconstructs the harrowing engagement using declassified Admiralty records and survivor logs to explain the "desperation mathematics" that allowed a lumbering cargo vessel to achieve the impossible. Discover how a crew of merchant mariners turned their floating warehouse into a lethal firing platform through sheer mechanical ingenuity. Subscribe for more forgotten WWII stories and technical military narratives.
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