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Old May 7th, 2008, 09:54 AM
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"A German naval mechanic accidentally fires a torpedo at a flotilla of 30 Biber midget submarines. They all explode in a chain reaction. " ( Jan 1945 )

Anyone know where this happened and what happened to the mechanic? And did this really happen? Thanx for any info!

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"A German naval mechanic accidentally fires a torpedo at a flotilla of 30 Biber midget submarines. They all explode in a chain reaction. " ( Jan 1945 )

Anyone know where this happened and what happened to the mechanic? And did this really happen? Thanx for any info!

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In efect, Kai-Petri, in this article of the The South African Military History Society you read it question. I only search in Google "Biber incident" and appears......


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A second accident also occured
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6 March 1945 - Hellevoetsluis, another torpedo accident - 14 (fourteen) Biber sunk and 9 (nine) damaged
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Thanx Guys!

Now I know it was true. Wonder if the mechanic was not shot as a saboteur?
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