U-864 and Norway's toxic war grave

[Goose_green]

Found this on the BBC News website, thought some of you maybe interested;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6193979.stm#map

[_Seth_]

Good one, Goose:up:! Here is more info (in Norwegian) with a video:
http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2006/12/19/486533.html

[Goose_green]

Thanks for the link, interesting to watch.

From UBoat.net

U-864


Type

IXD2 (http://uboat.net/types/ixd.htm)

Laid down 15 Oct, 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (http://uboat.net/technical/shipyards/ag-weser.htm) Commissioned 9 Dec, 1943 Korvkpt. Ralf-Reimar WolframCommanders 9 Dec, 1943 - 9 Feb, 1945 KrvKpt. Ralf-Reimar Wolfram Career 1 patrol 9 Dec, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1944 4. Flottille (http://uboat.net/flotillas/4flo.htm) (training)
1 Nov, 1944 - 9 Feb, 1945 33. Flottille (http://uboat.net/flotillas/33flo.htm) (front boat)
Successes No ships sunk or damagedFate Sunk 9 Feb, 1945 in the North Sea west of Bergen, Norway, in position 60.46N, 04.35E, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Venturer (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3585.html). 73 dead (all hands lost).
On 9 Feb, 1945 the British submarine HMS Venturer, commanded by James S. Launders, torpedoed and sank this boat. This is the only known incident in all of naval warfare in which one submarine sinks another while both are submerged.

[peterloo]

Heard that before... But good video, ABSOLUTELY

[Dietrich]

Hei!

Seth's Dagbadet artikle reminded me of this Nemi cartoon:

http://spray.nettavisen.no/shared/nemi/img/13.03.06.gif

Translation:

Girl: Are there norwegian fish in thermometers?
Nemi: Hehe... no.
Girl: So where do they get the mercury from then?

Well... now we know.

The scary thing is that Lyse drew this 9 months ago. I'll have to ask her about 2007, then... :huh:

[Jimbuna]

Very interesting...thanks :up:

[_Seth_]

Hei!

Seth's Dagbadet artikle reminded me of this Nemi cartoon:

http://spray.nettavisen.no/shared/nemi/img/13.03.06.gif

Translation:

Girl: Are there norwegian fish in thermometers?
Nemi: Hehe... no.
Girl: So where do they get the mercury from then?

Well... now we know.

The scary thing is that Lyse drew this 9 months ago. I'll have to ask her about 2007, then... :huh:

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Konge!!!! Nemi er dritbra!!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
(Nemi is excellent)!!!!