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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:HMS_Trinidad.jpg

In March 1942, HMS Trinidad launched a torpedo at a German destroyer.

The torpedo had a faulty gyro: It swam in a circle and returned to the ship.

Thirty-two men were killed.

November 13, 2008September 17, 2010 | Death · Technology

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