Whateaver happened the Sea Shadow? I realize that it had been designed to test certain stealth aspects on naval warships but I haven’t been able to find any recent information on this machine? Is it still at sea? Has it been chopped up or has it become a floating museum?
As well, I remember a similar looking vessel in the Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies used by the Carver Media Group to pit China agains the UK. Was this vessel real or just a miniature designed and used for the movie?
Any info would be greatly appreciated! Cheers.
By: Distiller - 10th April 2005 at 12:48
IX-529 should be active and be based at San Diego. Last thing seen/heared was from November 2003.
By: Shadow1 - 10th April 2005 at 09:44
Ok mate guess I can provide some insite here.
1. Sea Shadow was retired a few years ago, she did a trip down here to Australia, I remember seeing her on the news coming into Sydney Harbour. Not long after that they retired her. I did hear however, that she was coming out of retirement for another series of tests, but I think they finished those. One thing is certain, she’ll never be scrapped, she is too valuable for scrapping.
2. As for that Bond flick ship, no that was never real, they modeled it on Sea Shadow but it was bigger (well supposedly).
Thanks for the info, much appreciated! Cheers!
By: Ja Worsley - 10th April 2005 at 02:27
Ok mate guess I can provide some insite here.
1. Sea Shadow was retired a few years ago, she did a trip down here to Australia, I remember seeing her on the news coming into Sydney Harbour. Not long after that they retired her. I did hear however, that she was coming out of retirement for another series of tests, but I think they finished those. One thing is certain, she’ll never be scrapped, she is too valuable for scrapping.
2. As for that Bond flick ship, no that was never real, they modeled it on Sea Shadow but it was bigger (well supposedly).
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