UX-791 found?

[McBeck]

Hi all

Saw this article on the Subsim FB group, but the type U1200 and the name UX-791 does not show up on U-boat.net

Anybody got more info on this type or sub?

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-...n-great-lakes/

[Eichhörnchen]

It doesn't say whether there were any bodies on board.

[Commander Wallace]

The article states there never was any evidence U-boats had penetrated the Great Lakes. Now they have that evidence. The article doesn't say if the interior had been flooded either. Since Lake Ontario is a fresh water lake and free of a corrosive salt content, it should be in good condition. Since divers found it, it must be in relatively shallow waters. I don't know how they could have missed this submarine for all these years.

The article states this was an experimental sub so records on it may be scarce and incomplete.


Thanks for finding and posting the article and link.

[Rhodes]

Type U-1200?

[robbierob2005]

That rusty boat looks russian to me. Think it's a hoax.

[August]

How would an enemy warship manage to get through all the canal locks it has to pass to even get into the Great Lakes?

[Mr Quatro]

Does this new finding have any thing to do with the water pipes in Flint Michigan?

Other 'news' from the same source:

Texas: 14-year old virgin falls pregnant after flu shot
Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times a day
Arizona: Buried dead 'zombie' cat comes back to life after 14 days
Paul McCartney refutes Ringo Starr's allegations that he died in 1966

Obviously 100% reliable then...

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

Other 'news' from the same source:

Texas: 14-year old virgin falls pregnant after flu shot
Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times a day
Arizona: Buried dead 'zombie' cat comes back to life after 14 days
Paul McCartney refutes Ringo Starr's allegations that he died in 1966

Obviously 100% reliable then...

INDEED: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/author/barbara-jennings/ another of her gems: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/russia-skull-of-adolf-hitler-found-in-joseph-stalins-family-heirloom/

[grundler]

It's a Russian K-159. Picture was photoshopped from the one in this article:

http://barentsobserver.com/en/securi...lear-sub-28-08

[Aktungbby]

Well that explains the buggy 'no wintergarden' conning tower for a 1943 U-boat. http://uboat.net/fates/losses/1943.htm and no mention here either. U791 was ordered but never completed...http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html ... http://uboat.net/types/walter.htm

A compromise design of a 600-ton boat called V-300 (XVII, later called U-791) that would reach some 19 knots submerged was proposed and construction started at Germaniawerft but was cancelled when Walter found the design to be too slow and proposed his own version of smaller vessels of some 220 tons.

Methinks we done been had!

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Well that explains the buggy 'no wintergarden' conning tower for a 1943 U-boat. http://uboat.net/fates/losses/1943.htm and no mention here either. U791 was ordered but never completed...http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html ... http://uboat.net/types/walter.htm Methinks we done been had!

Yeah I found those as well...but this is hoax...must be.

[xwhiterhinosx]

Hey guys, I found this story which de-bunks that one. Sorry for all who had their hopes up for a cool new sub.
http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/60...eat-lakes.html

[fumo30]

Everyone with one working brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax.

[Aktungbby]

xwhiterhinosx! U and grundler are sharp-eyed recruits! report to the (we've been)conned-watch crew! ASAP vs

Everyone with one brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax.

Nice photo editing! @ Fumo BBY: a little kindness buddy! it isn't the one brain cell; it's which brain I got to use it in at my age. I'm just pissed over the hour I spent researchin' this crap! I had posted on the side-paddle wheeler USS Sable, previously, and there was never an attack on the training carrier.