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Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by arethuza on Thursday November 08, 2018 @05:46AM (#18405470)
"ordered all vessels scuttled, rather than having them fall in enemy hands"

The Cruel Sea ends with a corvette passing some tied up U-boats - given that Nicholas Monsarrat served in corvettes (as described the in Three Corvettes) I don't think he'd have got that detail wrong.

Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by C1sc0cat on Thursday November 08, 2018 @07:08AM (#18405718)
They where scuttled in the harbour I believe