Schatzschiffe und Schiffswracks

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Habe den Strang mal umbenannt und etwas erweitert, um neben "Schatzschiffen" auch andere Schiffswracks unterzubringen...

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Exclusive: Wreck of fabled WWI German U-boat found off Virginia

U-111 is the last known enemy submarine wreck from WWI in waters off the U.S. eastern seaboard—and never should have been found. [...] This past Labour Day, as beachgoers up and down the eastern seaboard of the U.S. enjoyed a sunny holiday at the shore, Erik Petkovic was in the darkened cabin of R/V Explorer some 40 miles off the Virginia coast. Peering into a video monitor linked to a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) some 400 feet below, he suddenly exclaimed, “That’s it! There it is!”

The object that caused his excitement was the wreckage of SM U-111, the last World War I-era German submarine to be discovered in U.S. waters. [...]

Navy records indicated that U-111 sank off Virginia on August 31, 1922, in 1,600 feet of water—far beyond the limit of any human diver. But years of research led Petkovic to a different conclusion—and a historic discovery for the team of R/V Explorer. [...] Commissioned by the German Imperial Navy in 1917, the 235-foot U-111 patrolled the waters of the North Atlantic, sinking three Allied merchant ships before the Kaiser’s surrender in November 1918.

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/his...f-virginia

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