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When the target came in sight again the bow was practically vertical; the conning-tower was well submerged.
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A stick-like object, mast or periscope, had fallen and was poking sideways from the conning-tower; the pilot got an impression that the submarine had stopped her engines; The deck was awash by this time; she was quickly going down.
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For the conning-tower, he said what you said: that it was all covered with smoke after the first attack.
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"Didn't you see his conning-tower when you came round?"
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If you can get up to the conning-tower, Caranx had her name on it in raised letters, towards the aft end, about five feet from the deck.
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He could see no one in the conning-tower; already she was lower in the water, and she was moving ahead.
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One of the bombs had landed near the foot of the conning-tower, or on it; the superstructure was all wreathed in smoke.
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"I did look for them once, but there was smoke all round the conning-tower."
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She was nearly bow on to him, a good position for attack, but one which hid the sides of the conning-tower from his view.
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There was a great column of water close beside her, rather forward of the conning-tower; the bow was rising from the water.
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