Type VIIC Uboat found in the Bergen-fjord

Kapitan Soniboy · 03-20-10, 09:18 AM

U-1053 has been located at a depth of 340 meters just outside Bergen (throwing range from my house) in the fjord. It sank during a diving exercise in 1945. We know it sunk in the area but it has never been located untill now. Cool huh?

http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Ubaa...n-1050477.html

Norwegian newspaper. Translate with Google or ask me.

The General · 03-20-10, 09:20 AM

Wow, this is cool!

The Enigma · 03-20-10, 10:10 AM

Isn't that old news?

Look here

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U-1053 was a German submarine Type V11C. She was sunk on the 15th February 1945 in the North Sea in the Byfjord north-west of Bergen, Norway in position 60.24N, 05.13E, after an accident during a deep diving trial. 45 dead (all hands lost). There were apparently some workers from the yard in Bergen (Norwegian personnel?) on board when the boat sank, they perished as well. The wreck of this boat was located in 1997.

Nordmann · 03-20-10, 10:11 AM

Perhaps the wreck location previously cited was that of another?

Kapitan Soniboy · 03-20-10, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by The Enigma

Isn't that old news?

Look here

Perhaps it has been told on this forum before but I read about it in the newspaper a few days ago.

The Enigma · 03-20-10, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan Soniboy

Perhaps it has been told on this forum before but I read about it in the newspaper a few days ago.

I don't know about such post.
The article I was quoting states it was discovered in 1997.

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The wreck of this boat was located in 1997

Maybe they discovered it then but didn't manage it to find it back until recently.

Safe-Keeper · 03-20-10, 11:03 AM

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Maybe they discovered it then but didn't manage it to find it back until recently.

Or the web site is in error, another entirely plausible possibility.

urfisch · 03-20-10, 12:25 PM

nice info, thanks!

Decoman · 03-20-10, 12:27 PM

I don't know what to believe. Maybe the people in the know kept it a secret? Being a sea grave and all, right outside Bergen.

I wouldn't trust anything in the Norwegian newspapers. Hm, or simply take it all with a grain of salt as one say. Online newspapers are apparantly written by morons sometimes, and imo one can't really trust information from people in the government either.

Also, when I read this article the other day, it was stated that no positive confirmation has yet been made, but the wreck they found is believed to be the U-1053.

msxyz · 03-20-10, 12:28 PM

340 meters of cold water

It's probably in a better state than the wrecks in shallow waters.

Too bad, if it sanks with all hands, it's considered as a war grave so it cannot be salvaged or sliced for souvenirs.

Decoman · 03-20-10, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The Enigma

Isn't that old news?

Look here

I entered the coordinates in google maps, and the position ended up on land. Maybe I did it wrong?

http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/maps...&setLatLon=Set

The Enigma · 03-20-10, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Decoman

I entered the coordinates in google maps, and the position ended up on land. Maybe I did it wrong?

http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/maps...&setLatLon=Set

I also tried to find the location on the map, using several mentioned coordinates in several articles, but none of them are even near the Byfjord north-west of Bergen.

Uboat.net isn't helping either.

03-20-10, 09:18 AM	#1
Kapitan Soniboy Torpedoman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Type VIIC Uboat found in the Bergen-fjord U-1053 has been located at a depth of 340 meters just outside Bergen (throwing range from my house) in the fjord. It sank during a diving exercise in 1945. We know it sunk in the area but it has never been located untill now. Cool huh? http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Ubaa...n-1050477.html Norwegian newspaper. Translate with Google or ask me. __________________ GWX 3.0 with SH3 Commander

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The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Wow, this is cool! __________________ *THE GENERAL*

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Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Perhaps the wreck location previously cited was that of another? __________________ "I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea." - H. G. Wells

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urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	nice info, thanks! __________________

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msxyz Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 218 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	340 meters of cold water It's probably in a better state than the wrecks in shallow waters. Too bad, if it sanks with all hands, it's considered as a war grave so it cannot be salvaged or sliced for souvenirs. __________________ ...Sinking deeper into the cold, dark oceans of life

03-20-10, 12:27 PM	#9
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I don't know what to believe. Maybe the people in the know kept it a secret? Being a sea grave and all, right outside Bergen. I wouldn't trust anything in the Norwegian newspapers. Hm, or simply take it all with a grain of salt as one say. Online newspapers are apparantly written by morons sometimes, and imo one can't really trust information from people in the government either. Also, when I read this article the other day, it was stated that no positive confirmation has yet been made, but the wreck they found is believed to be the U-1053.