A class 7-D mine laying U-boat (U-215) has been discovered and filmed by divers off the coast of Nova Scotia Canada. The U-boat was sunk by the Royal Navy in 1942 after it had torpedoed and sunk an american Liberty ship bound from Boston to Halifax.
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By: Ja Worsley - 14th July 2004 at 19:55
I have a few of those recorded on Video, they are quite good, pitty about the Archaeologist who they film, he’s such an idiot.
I have the one on when they found the Admiral Graf Spee in the river Plate, Also the one on finding the ships of the battle of Trafalgar and the lost I-402 but the master piece is the one on finding the above mentioned Type VIIC.
I also have the National Geographic documentry on finding USS Yorktown after she was sunk at the battle of Midway. They searched for the Japanese carriers but I felt that it was only half hearted, there was a member of the Akagi on the trip and he went away disheartened that they didn’t find his ship, yet the Americans that served on the Yorktown were happy that they found their old ship, and some of the comments passed afterwards I got the impression that no one will ever go looking for the IJN carriers, most of the world seems only to happy to find ships of the allied fleet, but be damd to care about the Axis fleet.
By: A225HVY - 14th July 2004 at 19:35
There’s been a documentary on the Discovery Channel this last week onthe Ship detectives series!! They found after looking for wreckage from the Swissair DC10 crash.
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By: Ja Worsley - 14th July 2004 at 19:25
Wow what a find, wonder if they’ll bring her up and make a memorial out of her like they did with the Type VIIC on the Themes.
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July 14, 2004 at 10:13 am