Welfreighter Midget Submarine

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Brian James
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Welfreighter Midget Submarine

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The Welfreighter.....a WWII British midget Submarine used by Special Operations Executive (SOE) for landing and supplying agents behind enemy lines.
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Re: Welfreighter Midget Submarine

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Was one of these boats on display in the Main hall at Ganges or am I thinking of another.
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Re: Welfreighter Midget Submarine

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Towns wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:47 pm Was one of these boats on display in the Main hall at Ganges or am I thinking of another.
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This reckons it was a German midget submarine

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Re: Welfreighter Midget Submarine

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Yeah that's the one nearly right as they are both midgets.
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