06-10-23, 12:36 PM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
US submarine commander?
(I was going to suggest a "derrick" since there was a RN sub commander of that name - only derricks were used in the 18th century so wouldn't have been named after him)
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not American; more of a 'pukka sahib' according to my French source... 
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
WWII era?
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much later; although this particular device's typehas been around for centuries, particularly used in sieges.(practically a dead giveaway )
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