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McBeck 02-19-16 11:32 AM

UX-791 found?
 
Hi all

Saw this article on the Subsim FB group, but the type U1200 and the name UX-791 does not show up on U-boat.net

Anybody got more info on this type or sub?

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-...n-great-lakes/

Eichhörnchen 02-19-16 11:51 AM

It doesn't say whether there were any bodies on board.

Commander Wallace 02-19-16 12:01 PM

The article states there never was any evidence U-boats had penetrated the Great Lakes. Now they have that evidence. The article doesn't say if the interior had been flooded either. Since Lake Ontario is a fresh water lake and free of a corrosive salt content, it should be in good condition. Since divers found it, it must be in relatively shallow waters. I don't know how they could have missed this submarine for all these years.

The article states this was an experimental sub so records on it may be scarce and incomplete.


Thanks for finding and posting the article and link. :up:

Rhodes 02-19-16 12:08 PM

Type U-1200?:hmmm:

robbierob2005 02-19-16 12:33 PM

That rusty boat looks russian to me. Think it's a hoax.

August 02-19-16 12:42 PM

How would an enemy warship manage to get through all the canal locks it has to pass to even get into the Great Lakes?

Mr Quatro 02-19-16 12:54 PM

Does this new finding have any thing to do with the water pipes in Flint Michigan? :woot:

AndyJWest 02-19-16 01:31 PM

Other 'news' from the same source:

Texas: 14-year old virgin falls pregnant after flu shot
Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times a day
Arizona: Buried dead 'zombie' cat comes back to life after 14 days
Paul McCartney refutes Ringo Starr's allegations that he died in 1966


Obviously 100% reliable then...

Aktungbby 02-19-16 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyJWest (Post 2382681)
Other 'news' from the same source:

Texas: 14-year old virgin falls pregnant after flu shot
Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times a day
Arizona: Buried dead 'zombie' cat comes back to life after 14 days
Paul McCartney refutes Ringo Starr's allegations that he died in 1966


Obviously 100% reliable then...

INDEED: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/author/barbara-jennings/ another of her gems: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/russia-skull-of-adolf-hitler-found-in-joseph-stalins-family-heirloom/ :-?

grundler 02-19-16 01:58 PM

It's a Russian K-159. Picture was photoshopped from the one in this article:

http://barentsobserver.com/en/securi...lear-sub-28-08

Aktungbby 02-19-16 02:31 PM

Well that explains the buggy 'no wintergarden' conning tower for a 1943 U-boat. http://uboat.net/fates/losses/1943.htm and no mention here either. U791 was ordered but never completed...http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html ... http://uboat.net/types/walter.htm
Quote:

A compromise design of a 600-ton boat called V-300 (XVII, later called U-791) that would reach some 19 knots submerged was proposed and construction started at Germaniawerft but was cancelled when Walter found the design to be too slow and proposed his own version of smaller vessels of some 220 tons.
Methinks we done been had!:Kaleun_Mad:

McBeck 02-19-16 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby (Post 2382696)
Well that explains the buggy 'no wintergarden' conning tower for a 1943 U-boat. http://uboat.net/fates/losses/1943.htm and no mention here either. U791 was ordered but never completed...http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html ... http://uboat.net/types/walter.htm Methinks we done been had!:Kaleun_Mad:

Yeah I found those as well...but this is hoax...must be.

xwhiterhinosx 02-19-16 04:03 PM

That story is a hoax.
 
Hey guys, I found this story which de-bunks that one. Sorry for all who had their hopes up for a cool new sub.
http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/60...eat-lakes.html

fumo30 02-19-16 04:07 PM

Everyone with one working brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax.

Aktungbby 02-19-16 04:09 PM

Welcome aboard!
 
xwhiterhinosx! :Kaleun_Salute: U and grundler :Kaleun_Salute: are sharp-eyed recruits!:Kaleun_Binocular: report to the (we've been)conned-watch crew! ASAP :rock:http://leadstories.com/assets_c/2016...ILIc1HDmAs.jpgvshttp://worldnewsdailyreport.com/wp-c...016/02/sub.jpg
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Everyone with one brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax.
Nice photo editing!:nope: @ Fumo BBY: a little kindness buddy!:shucks: it isn't the one brain cell; it's which brain I got to use it in at my age.:03: I'm just pissed over the hour I spent researchin' this crap!:damn: I had posted on the side-paddle wheeler USS Sable, previously, and there was never an attack on the training carrier.:doh:


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