National Geographic, U-480 stealth coating ..

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Catfish

From the divers' film there is a hole at the rear right end, and they propose that the U-480 struck a mine - but at the rear ?
Did it make a turn to touch it ? I mean running straight it probably would not have touched it at that place, had it been a magnetic mine it would have detonated at the hull's biggest diameter ?

Could have been an acoustic mine triggered by the sound of the submarine's props. Then it would have exploded near the stern vs the bow or midships.