Talk:Pola/@comment-4547040-20160503092731/@comment-26111194-20160504031506

Just to clarify the chain of events -

1) Pola gets hit by a British torpedo at dusk. Many of the crew panic and jump overboard.

2) Crew realise that Pola is not sinking, climb back on board. They strip naked and start to break out the booze. The immobilised Pola calls for a tow and the entire 1st Cruiser Div (including her sisters Zara and Fiume) come to her aid. RN radar spots them as the move in.

3) Pola mistakes incoming RN battleships for friendlies, fires off a recognition flare and helps the enemy confirm the identity of their radar contacts.

4) As Zara and Fiume are obliterated, Pola's crew resign themselves to their fate and descend into total anarchy. Most of the crew jump overboard (again). British boarding parties find hundreds of drunken sailors and empty wine bottles rolling on her deck. Her remaining crew is evaculated and Pola is sunk by RN DDs.