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ALTEN

04-17-12 02:00 PM

Wreck found in the river Foyle could be a WWII mini German sub

http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk...ave-1-3738067#

ALTEN

04-18-12 01:03 PM

More news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-norther...west-17752710##

Bilge_Rat

04-18-12 04:04 PM

Interesting. The so called "mini" submarine looks like a type XXIII U-boat.

Tribesman

04-18-12 04:30 PM

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.

ALTEN

04-19-12 02:36 PM

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.

ALTEN

04-19-12 02:40 PM

It's Titanic everywhere you look up here.

Capt Kremin

06-06-12 08:21 PM

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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