Lost World War II warship discovered on seabed 80 years after sinking

KSBW ^ | Sep 8, 2020 | Lianne Kolirin

[nickcarraway]

[abb]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Karlsruhe

[Pilsner]

It would be a much bigger story if a warship sunk in WWII was found somewhere other than the seabed.

[Red Badger]

Like on the Moon!................

[abb]

Günther Lütjens served as the ship’s commander from September 1934 to September 1935.

This Kreigsmarine cruiser was also sunk during the Norway operation, by a shore battery, no less.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsborg_Fortress

[diatomite]

Then you would have the elements of a great Twilight Zone episode.

[Professional]

....Close Encounters of the 3rd kind scene, ship found in the desert.

[SES1066]

During the operation it came under fire from Norwegian artillery, was torpedoed by a British submarine and was finally submerged by the Germans themselves, according to a Statnett statement.

Submerged? Probable translation error as in general usage submarines submerge but with the intention of surfacing afterwards. Better choice would be SANK!

[abb]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

[SunkenCiv]

They probably mean scuttled.

[Bull Snipe]

Better choice would be SANK!

Better yet “scuttled” the word indicates the ship was sunk intentionally by it’s own crew.

[sevlex]

Like in the Sahara Desert?

Full of gold?

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[SES1066]

You are right, “scuttled” is the proper ship-handler’s term, but ‘sank’ is better than ‘submerged’ (smile)!

[SES1066]

Like in the Sahara Desert?
Full of gold?

Clive? Is that you?

[SamAdams76]

Does anybody wish they could go back in time and witness WW2 as it happened?

Knowing how it will all end. That is the main thing.

[MikeSteelBe]

Nazi base on dark side of moon...

Iron Sky

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[abb]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Edinburgh_(16)

On the return journey, Edinburgh was carrying 4.5 long tons (4,570 kg) of gold bullion back to the UK. The consignment, which had a value of about £1.5 million sterling in 1942 (adjusted for inflation to 2020 pounds, £70,424,755), was a partial payment by the USSR for the supplies of war material and military equipment from the Western Allies. In total the ship had 465 gold ingots in 93 wooden boxes stored in the bomb-room just aft of where the first torpedo - fired from U-456 - struck.