great mistakes in history ...
k, so back at the turn of the last century, Britain was involved in WWI, up against da krouts. Now, the germans were kickin brit-shit by utilizing U-Boat submarines, and the Brits got word that they were developing even faster versions of their deadly submarines...!
SO, solution? Trick out the British Navy with their own heavily-armed hybrid sub/warship, known as ... the K-Boat!! Except there's a reason we buy German cars. Brits gave us Dr Who and shepherds pie and all that other fun shit, but engineering geniuses (genii?) they were not. Weighing nearly 2,000 tonnes, it was clumsy on the surface and took five minutes to dive (not great when trying to escape enemy bombers). Once below water, the K-Boat had the slight issue of having trouble resurfacing (again, not something you want to hear as a sailor).
After testing began halfway through the war, the boats started really impressing people. Model K13 sank during initial trials, killing all on board. Later, K4 collided with K1. Good shit. Then, near the end of the war, a flotilla of K-Boats and other ships were on a practice run when K14 collided with K22, setting off a chain reaction of crashes during which a cruiser rammed and sank K17, and K6 slammed into K4 cutting it in half. In short, that is what is referred to in the history books as "Getting yer shit wrecked."
K-Boats were finally retired after killing 250 British soldiers and not one single German.
I lub history.
SO, solution? Trick out the British Navy with their own heavily-armed hybrid sub/warship, known as ... the K-Boat!! Except there's a reason we buy German cars. Brits gave us Dr Who and shepherds pie and all that other fun shit, but engineering geniuses (genii?) they were not. Weighing nearly 2,000 tonnes, it was clumsy on the surface and took five minutes to dive (not great when trying to escape enemy bombers). Once below water, the K-Boat had the slight issue of having trouble resurfacing (again, not something you want to hear as a sailor).
After testing began halfway through the war, the boats started really impressing people. Model K13 sank during initial trials, killing all on board. Later, K4 collided with K1. Good shit. Then, near the end of the war, a flotilla of K-Boats and other ships were on a practice run when K14 collided with K22, setting off a chain reaction of crashes during which a cruiser rammed and sank K17, and K6 slammed into K4 cutting it in half. In short, that is what is referred to in the history books as "Getting yer shit wrecked."
K-Boats were finally retired after killing 250 British soldiers and not one single German.
I lub history.