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Originally Posted by Marcantilan
Going back to the topic, a couple of years ago some researchers found near Gotland a wreck from a sunken boat, probably from the Cold War (see here: http://www.thelocal.se/32386/20110303/ )
The authorities rejected to investigate further:
Ola Oskarsson, CEO at marine survey company Marin Mätteknik (MMT), which located the wreck, is also surprised by the Armed Forces' lack of interest in the sunken submarine.
"I don’t understand what the Armed Forces is thinking, but maybe they know more than they want to admit to. But it's not possible to draw an conclusions from what's seen on the outer service," he told the TT news agency.
Why? (conspiracy mode on: They now is NOT a Soviet Boat? conspiracy mode off now)
Rgds, |
To the retired "Commander and Chief": Pictures or it's not there.
It may very well be a Soviet sub but having admitted that he has previously errored by almost 50% in aging a Great War era wreck, one can be assuredly skeptical with his contention that this is a Cold War wreck. It could easily also be from the 30's or WW2.
The fact that he is CEO of the marine salvage firm most likely to get a nice fat contract should the Swedish government decide to investigate further is, I am sure, entirely coincidental...
Some shipwrecks in the Baltic seem to last remarkably intact, one can do a search for the
General von Stueban or
Wilhelm Gustloff and see how well these wrecks survived until the Soviet's blew up the latter to prevent detailed examination by third parties. I recall reading somewhere that the Baltic is oxygen poor so wrecks corrode at a slower rate than in some other waters but that may be anecdotal or wrong.
Lastly, the former Commander in Chief might want to consider physics before stating that a depth charge will result in no externally visible damage. A submarine is a pressure vessel, application of a major shock wave to the exterior can result in a significant breach of the hull, countless submarine wrecks demonstrate this; it's how depth charges work. He should know better.