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05-20-11, 04:32 AM
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Chief of the Boat
 Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 190,742
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The end for a grand old lady
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05-20-11, 05:08 AM
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Navy Seal
 Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Waterloo, Canada
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Much better than any other 'end' that could've befallen a sub. Great to see her preserved - I do hope to make it down to Tallinn one day and see her!
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05-20-11, 07:04 AM
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Let's Sink Sumptin' !
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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Considering all Estonia went through, I find it remarkable she made it this far. There's a national treasure.
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05-20-11, 08:38 AM
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Silent Hunter
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva
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Amazing story-especially considering she served in two different navies.
I'll never cease regretting the fact the HMS Warspite was not preserved. 
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05-20-11, 09:26 AM
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Rear Admiral
 Join Date: May 2006
Location: Malaga, España
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05-21-11, 01:23 AM
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The Old Man
 Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sin City
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 On an unrelated note, Hunter i notice your V for Vandetta sig.  Love that movie. *end thread hijack* Back to business, a better end as any for a resilient Sub And, Antikrisutke, although shes old, any boat that could float 60 years ago can float today. Same principles apply to weapons and equipment. A sword made 500 years ago is still just as capable of chopping a mans arm off as it was back then. Times havent changed to the point where vessels made so long ago to sail the seas arent capable of it today, nor is the sword or bow and arrow any less capable of killing a man. At least, so long as their maintained.If the boat was left to rot in port, it wouldnt fare so well on the seas
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