Seabed Scanning for East Anglian windfarm reveals Uncharted WWI German Submarine

ScottishPower Renewables ^ | January 21, 2016 | unattributed

[Smokin' Joe]

Interesting to learn of Fulton's Nautilus.

While it appears to be a design which had potential, it was never used in combat. That might have made the French the first to sink an enemy ship with a submarine had that been the case.

[dp0622]

fascinating stuff.

especially since someone thought they would be so useful an attempt was made in the 1600s!!!!!

i thought the civil war sub was out to sea for weeks at a time lol!!!

i dont mind giving a laugh at my expense :)

i obviously didn’t think that through!!!

their nuclear powered subs probably weren’t advanced yet :)

[redfreedom]

Very interesting. Thank you.

I find those old submariner shows fascinating. Actually, anything deeps sea, the animals, plants, formations, ship wrecks - all fun to watch on TV.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[SunkenCiv]

Now that you show me those pics, I do remember that a spur line still existed right up underneath the sub. That would have been, hmm, late 60s, early 70s?

[SunkenCiv]

thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[colorado tanker]

Too long ago for me to remember although the sub was outside the first time I saw it. It was on a 6th Grade trip to the big city - by train.

The indoor display is really nice!

[SunkenCiv]

The sub is, or at least was, mostly outside the museum, the part for the tour was inside, I remember the torpedoes set up to mimic the function of crowd control ropes.

[colorado tanker]

They have built a huge new indoor exhibit around U-505. You've got to see it; they've added lots of new stuff.

[SunkenCiv]

Looks nice!

[PLMerite]

Type U-31:

[PLMerite]

Trying to make it look like a U-boat pen

...so it'll feel at home.

[colorado tanker]

Yep!

[Fresh Wind]

Back in my early days (early 60s, I suppose) I remember a story I read in one of the popular magazines.

It involved a group of guys who located a sunken WWI German U-Boat. The sub was intact and not flooded, and what was left of the crew was still inside.

They managed to recover it and put it into working order. Their purpose was nefarious, probably piracy, but I don’t remember how the story turned out.

But I was more intrigued by the sub itself, and what they found inside!

[SunkenCiv]

I’m assuming it was a work of fiction?

[Fresh Wind]

Yes, it was fiction.

[SunkenCiv]

German WW1 destroyers found in Whale Island mud
13 April 2016
https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/14705