Operation Guidance was an Australian-British raid during

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in 1944. The British

X-class submarine The X class was a World War II midget submarine class built for the Royal Navy during 1943–44. It was substantially larger than the original Chariot manned torpedo. Known individually as X-Craft, the vessels were designed to be towed to thei ...

, entered

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harbour in

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on a mission to sink a large floating dock. After being detected and shaking off their pursuer, ''X24'' made it to the target area, but faulty intelligence and incorrect charts led them to lay their charges not on the floating dock, but on a large German ship nearby, which was sunk in the explosion.

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