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    The GuardianA pig's tale: the porker that jumpedshipin the first world warThe GuardianIn spite of its gender, the men of HMS Glasgow took delight in naming her after the head of the German navy Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and facetiously awarded her the German military decoration, the Iron Cross, for staying with hershipto the last...

    The GuardianA pig's tale: the porker that jumpedshipin the first world warThe GuardianIn spite of its gender, the men of HMS Glasgow took delight in naming her after the head of the German navy Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and facetiously awarded her the German military decoration, the Iron Cross, for staying with hershipto the last...

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