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posted by janrinok on Saturday April 28 2018, @03:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the sinking-feeling dept.

IFLScience reports

The wreck of a Nazi submarine linked to rumors about the secret smuggling of the Nazi elite to South America at the end of WWII has been discovered off the Danish coast.

The submarine, called U-3523, was recently discovered by the Sea War Museum Jutland over 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the coast of Skagerrak, Denmark's most northern town. This class of submarine, a Type XXI U-boat, was one of Germany's most formidable pieces of naval technology during the war. Unlike most submarines at the time, it was able to operate for long periods submerged underwater at speeds of up to 31.9 kilometers (19.8 miles) per hour.

Multibeam imaging scans of the wreck revealed that submarine was laying on the floor of the sea at a depth around 123 meters (400 feet). Unusually, it was resting with its nose pointed diagonally into the seabed, with its stern remaining some 20 meters (65 feet) above the seafloor.

[...] According to the Sea War Museum Jutland, many have argued the U-3523 was the first real submarine that could have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in one stretch at deep depths.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Saturday April 28 2018, @09:01PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 28 2018, @09:01PM (#673124) Journal

    And filling up a quickly fleeing submarine with gold and crap seems a little nuts.

    Only if that stuff doesn't sell well to protect your ass on the other end of the trip. I believe a common strategy of the time was: 1) grab all the loot you can, 2) sail to South America, and 3) bribe the necessary officials while enjoying your exile in comfort.

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