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How Britain's Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
Sean Kingsley History Correspondent World War I was raging off the British Isles when the German submarine UC-18 surfaced to attack easy prey on the chilly morning of February 19, 1917. Its target, the Lady Olive, was about eight miles off the west coast …