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04-17-12, 02:00 PM | #1 |
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Wreck found in the river Foyle could be a WWII mini German sub
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04-18-12, 01:03 PM | #2 |
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04-18-12, 04:04 PM | #3 |
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Interesting. The so called "mini" submarine looks like a type XXIII U-boat.
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04-18-12, 04:30 PM | #4 |
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Makes a nice change for Derry to get in the news at the moment while all the titanic fever is heading for Belfast and Cobh.
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04-19-12, 02:36 PM | #5 |
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It would really help if that picture had a measure scale on it so we could determine the length, whatever it is it looks fairly intact. I'll update this thread if i hear any more news.
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04-19-12, 02:40 PM | #6 |
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It's Titanic everywhere you look up here.
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06-06-12, 08:21 PM | #7 |
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Been following this for a while, don't think it is a u-boat, whilst I don't have a definitive scale for the sonar image it is fairly short, too short to be a VII, IX or XXI. It also shows a flat deck, eliminating type XXIII as they had pretty much no deck, leaving type II's. There were 4 type IID's sunk during operation deadlight, however the image shows a pronounce bulbous deck and although the type II's had a bulbous deck it was much slimmer
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