Today in 1915, one of WW1’s oddest naval battles occurs as British motorboats Mimi & Toutou capture the German steamer Kingani on Lake Tanganyika between the Belgian Congo & German East Africa. Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, the eccentric British commander, renames his prize HMS Fifi. pic.twitter.com/EasNbdCniB
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