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Wrecked hull on U-boat (not British) docking at port (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

honolulu

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'port' is the definition.
(Hawaiian port)

'wrecked hull on u-boat' is the wordplay.
'wrecked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'u' becomes 'ono' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'boat' becomes 'u'.
'hull' is an anagram of 'hlul'.
'hlul' placed around 'ono' is 'honolul'.
'honolul'+'u'='HONOLULU'

'not british docking at' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for honolulu that I've seen before include "Hawaii's capital" , "American port" , "US Pacific state capital" , "Hawaiian city" , "Hawaiian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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