antarmike Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8321516.stm Edited October 24, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 They said on radio that any application to salvage would almost certainly be refused as it is a War Grave. Respect to those who perished. Interesting to note that the subs were there mainly to disrupt the supply of Swedish iron ore to German industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Their patrol is finally over. May they find rest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Only a teeny-weeny bit off-topic. Yacht-racing in the Baltic out of Kiel was a popular pastime in BAOR. On my skipper's course we were taught that if we ever found an unmarked buoy, to check for a telephone and pick it up. Turns out the Swedish Navy's submarine fleet spent the Cold War waiting to rebel a Soviet seaborne invasion (and their coastline was heavily mined throughout the period for the same reason). In submarine terms, the Baltic is not especially deep, so they had no need for deep-submersible submarines. Immediate action on suffering a failure and being stuck incommunicado on the bottom was to launch a buoy and wait for someone to answer the phone and call out the emergency services. Coincidentally I was in the RAC at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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