Credit River - Decoy Traditional Cache
Hidden : 7/17/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Decoy
 August 13, 1904



There are many shipwrecks around the world. Some very famous and others not so. Each however has it’s own story to tell. As you travel along the Credit River doing this series of caches, we have highlighted a number of these shipwrecks. During low water levels on these parts of the Credit River, you need to be careful in a canoe or kayak so as you don’t wind up in your own shipwreck. Besides the many large rocks along the way, there are also some other obstacles such as dams which should be avoided. All of the geocaches in this series have been placed by tubing, inflatable boat or on foot by walking in the water along the Credit River. Whichever way you choose to search for these caches, use caution and common sense.
More information about this series can be found here: Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Decoy
HMS Decoy was a Daring-class torpedo boat destroyer which served with the Royal Navy in home waters. She was launched in 1895 and sunk in a collision with HMS Arun in 1904.

She was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Chiswick and was launched on 7 February 1894.

Although fitted with multiple torpedo tubes, her bow tube proved useless in practice as — while running at high attack speeds — the ship was prone to overtake its own torpedo. The clumsy tube also reduced living quarters and made the bridge very prone to flooding.

She served as instructional tender to the Cambridge, gunnery school ship, until August 1901.

Decoy was lost in a collision with HMS Arun off the Scilly Islands on 13 August 1904 while taking part in night exercises. One man was killed while the remaining 40 members of the crew were rescued by Arun and Sturgeon.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nobhg 40 srrg hc gur fybcr sebz gur jngre. Va n fghzc gung vf jnfgr uvtu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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