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ATLANTIS, THE FALL OF SINGAPORE AND THE END OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

On the 7th November 1940 the ageing British steamer SS Automedon was sunk by the German corsair HK Atlantis. On board were the details, codes, and plans for the defence of the British Empire in the Far East. Duplicates of these were swiftly transferred to the Japanese, over a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor.