The Plumbing Disaster That Led to the Sinking of U-1206.
A German U-boat, the U-1206, sank in April 1945 due to a malfunctioning, high-pressure toilet system that flooded the vessel, mixed seawater with battery acid to create toxic chlorine gas, and forced an emergency surfacing, leading to its discovery and destruction by British forces. The incident highlights a bizarre, fatal flaw in advanced WWII technology, where a simple human error in operating the complex plumbing led to catastrophic results, forcing the crew to abandon ship with casualties.
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