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TIL that in WWI, the Germans disguised one of their ships as a British ship, the RMS Carmania, and sent it out to ambush British vessels. In a hilariously bad stroke of luck, the first ship it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sank them.

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bird-king-jay

mikeneedsadrink

XO: “Captain, that appears to be….us.“ 

CO: “Ha, nice try Jerry. Now sink the bastards.”

dadpat-tactual

Brits seeing the German ship:

Germans seeing the Brit ship as they get sunk

lordfreemanofficial

“Crikey sir that’s a massive mirror”

“Shut up and fire johnson”

xintract

Germans: we kin you

Brits: no doubles

Source: tilthat