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Jimbuna

03-07-11 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP (Post 1614362)

It's not very likely they'll ever find her. The sub sank in a very deep part of the ocean, and considering the manner in which subs usually go down (i.e. implode from the pressure) it's probably in a pretty poor shape. Not very many wrecks this small tend to be located that deep, and even with radar searches it's unlikely to be easily identifiable as a U-boat, let alone a specific boat. I think there's almost no chance the boat will ever be found, and even if it's found, it's improbable that will yield any clues as to how it sank.

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Bilge_Rat

03-07-11 06:03 PM

I dont necessarily agree, as technology has evolved, many wrecks which were thought to be unfindable have been found.

Bismarck at 17,000 feet:

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/9913/bismarck001.jpg

Titanic at 12,000 feet:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1497/titanic0001.jpg

USS Thresher at 8,400 feet:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...000/h97557.jpg

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...t/ssn593-l.htm

USS Scorpion at 10,000 feet:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...00/u136662.jpg

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...s/ssn589-k.htm

As to what the wreck will look like will really depend on what caused the sinking. The USS Thresher imploded and debris was littered all over the sea floor. However, both the K-129 and the USS Scorpion flooded and parts of their hull were found on the seafloor.

MaddogK

03-07-11 06:31 PM

Also note that if the hull was ruptured by a shallow water explosion chances are slim that there would be a crushed hull sitting at the bottom of the ocean.

NO air.

TLAM Strike

03-07-11 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaddogK (Post 1614417)

Also note that if the hull was ruptured by a shallow water explosion chances are slim that there would be a crushed hull sitting at the bottom of the ocean.

NO air.

Although if her batteries exploded as she/after she sank there might not be much left.

nikimcbee

03-07-11 07:45 PM

I forgot where she was sunk at (roughly:haha:)

CCIP	03-07-11 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1614452)

I forgot where she was sunk at (roughly:haha:)

Location given as approximately 60N/90W. That is, about 300 miles directly south of Iceland.

That's about 2-3000ft of water there.

Madox58

03-07-11 09:25 PM

OK!! DAMNED IT!
I confess.
He was messing with my Wife and I lost it!
:stare:
Oh, I saw the E-mails.........

Uh,
:-?
What a minute.
That was in the 40's right?

Never mind.

Ducimus

03-07-11 10:02 PM

All those ships (or boats) are much larger then a 740 ton uboat. If for whatever reason it is in pieces, it just became ALOT smaller. If it crushed, it became REALLY smaller.

Trying to find U47 in the depths of water its believed to be.....

Thats like saying here:
Find the crushed beer can that John Doe Prein threw overboard and sunk somewhere in the bottom of this lake over 60 years ago:
http://www.rwongphoto.com/RW1043_web.jpg

Oh and nevermind the rest of the trash, we just one this one specific crushed beer can. So go ahead... find it. Just try.

Subnuts

03-07-11 10:39 PM

http://i52.tinypic.com/2h2f3x0.jpg

bookworm_020

03-08-11 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1614120)

Dont think there is an answer to this. Not definitive atleast.

I think your sig might have something to do with it!:D

Gargamel

03-08-11 02:25 AM

I Think the ONLY way it will be found is by an expedition looking for something else when the ROV cable snags on the hulk of the U-boat. Nobody is going to mount an expedition to find it, chances are just way too low. It will only be found by total chance, if ever. In another 50 years, there won't be anything left to find, and then that will be buried by silt.

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