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historical oddities #2

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Name the battle where, the first time 2 luxury ocean liners fought each other and what was the peculiarity in this confrontation?
 
Battle of Trindade (1914) in World War I: SMS Cap Trafalgar (Germany) disguised itself as RMS Carmania (UK)… and then ran into the real one—and got sunk.

Basically: identity theft gone wrong… the original showed up and deleted the copy.
 
Correct....Isn't the internet wonderful?
Sometimes. Actually it can be more fun when AI gives incomplete or incorrect answers. No matter the response, it is a good idea to do more research to confirm or contradict the original content before using the information. Regarding our hobby, unfortunately a good number of AI responses are from websites like ours instead of digging up information based on contemporary sources. Wording questions the questions to get more accurate information is a science in itself at times.
Allan
 
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