The panel recalls an improvised British plan to use fuel tankers as fireships against enemy-held harbours. The vessels would carry fuel into the ports and be blown up there. One participant thinks they broke down before completing the attempt, so the failure explanation remains tentative. The example follows the discussion of attacking invasion shipping along the coast.
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British fireships against invasion harbors
Fuel tankers were reportedly prepared as fireships for attacks on enemy harbours; mechanical breakdown is recalled as a possible reason for failure.