soc.history.war.world-war-ii

Phil McGregor wrote:
: And this was always the case? There is not one single example in all
: naval history of a crew, even on battle alert, *not* seeing torpedo
: tracks before they hit?

Seas were calm and SYDNEY crew would (or should) have
been alert, with enemy ship near and not an ongoing battle to worry about.
Torpedo launch would have been noticed.

Unless the crew was, of course, criminally negligent.