![On December 24, 1944 the Belgian troopship SS Léopoldville was sunk by the German U-boat, U-486. The ship was transporting 2,235 Americans to Cherbourg, France when the torpedo struck the ship 5.5 On December 24, 1944 the Belgian troopship SS Léopoldville was sunk by the German U-boat, U-486. The ship was transporting 2,235 Americans to Cherbourg, France when the torpedo struck the ship 5.5](https://preview.redd.it/on-december-24-1944-the-belgian-troopship-ss-l%C3%A9opoldville-v0-y5nz1bjzhv7a1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cbe69ef88de52e047f411c1f0bf4f405412e9c9e)
On December 24, 1944 the Belgian troopship SS Léopoldville was sunk by the German U-boat, U-486. The ship was transporting 2,235 Americans to Cherbourg, France when the torpedo struck the ship 5.5
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German Navy S-30 type S-Boot docked at Ostend (Belgium) , 1942. As war progressed the initial single 20 mm gun grew to several combinations of 20 mm and 37 mm guns +
What happened to the thousands of torpedoes fired by each side which missed their targets in WW2? Are they still live down there, waiting to explode? - Quora
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