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PappyCain

05-23-10 04:44 AM

U-Boat Diving Expeditions 2010

If anyone is interested, Sea Ventures dive shop in Fairfax, VA is organizing charters to all five of the U-Boat wrecks off the East Coast.

The schedule is:
U-352 - May 15 &16
U-853 - June 12 & 13
U-701 - July 10 & 11
U-85 - SEP 25 & 26
U-1105 - July 3 & 4; September 18 & 19

Drop the keyboard and suit up ..

:salute:

PappyCain

05-23-10 11:57 AM

14 Apr 1942. U-85 was the first U-boat to be sunk off the North American coast after the start of the Operation Drumbeat (Paukenschlag) on January 13, 1942.

On the day that she was sunk, 14 April, U-85 stayed on the surface through the engagement. After repeated hits on the boat, fatally damaging her, the order to abandon ship was given and maybe half of the crew got into the water and then U-85 started to sink again fast. USS Roper then dropped 11 depth charges onto the already sinking U-boat and its 2 dozen survivors and in the process killed everyone in the water.

U-85: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u85.htm

U-352: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u352.htm

U-853: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u853.htm

U-701: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u701.htm

U-1105: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u1105.htm

Drop the keyboard and suit up ..

:salute:

robbo180265

05-23-10 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PappyCain (Post 1401132)

On the day that she was sunk, 14 April, U-85 stayed on the surface through the engagement. After repeated hits on the boat, fatally damaging her, the order to abandon ship was given and maybe half of the crew got into the water and then U-85 started to sink again fast. USS Roper then dropped 11 depth charges onto the already sinking U-boat and its 2 dozen survivors and in the process killed everyone in the water.

:salute:

That's a really quite horrific story:o

Must be amazing diving on those wrecks - Are you planning on doing it PappyCain?

PappyCain

05-23-10 03:49 PM

Looks like I will be in the North Sea - work related.

:salute:

maillemaker

05-23-10 09:57 PM

Haven't been diving in years. Loved it though.

Steve

maillemaker

05-23-10 10:03 PM

Wow, it looks like U-853 was sunk just 2 days before the end of the war! I had no idea German u-boats operated off the US coast so late in the war.

Steve

keltos01

05-24-10 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PappyCain (Post 1401297)

Looks like I will be in the North Sea - work related.

:salute:

commercial diver ?

My dream, as a diver , is to dive on a U-Boot... we have quite a few in our shore waters but they're all WWI's, then there are a couple off Brittany.

keltos

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