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TIL A Polish destroyer ORP Piorun, single handedly charged the Battleship Bismarck, a ship 23 times the weight, and transmitted the message "I am a Pole" before opening fire. Another story states the vessel constantly transmitted this message at the Bismarck for the entire engagement

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