File:SS Port Chalmers Paravane.jpg

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Description	Air Attacks: An aerial torpedo caught in the: paravane wire of the——PORT CHALMERS. The ship could not slow down——to free the "torpedo for fear that it would explode against the ship's side." In the end the whole paravane fitted was ditched. And the torpedo exploded harmlessly on the bottom.
Source	Imperial War Museum. "HU 1966". IWM Collections Search.
Date	13th August 1942
Author	Royal Navy photographer
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Image title	13 August: Air Attacks: An aerial torpedo caught in the paravane wire of the PORT CHALMERS. The ship could not slow down to free the torpedo for fear that it would explode against the ship's side. In the end the whole paravane fitted was ditched and "the torpedo exploded harmlessly on the bottom." HU 1966 PORT LINE LIMITED
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