Posted on 09/08/2020 12:54:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A German warship sunk by a torpedo during World War II has been found on the seabed off Norway, more than eight decades after it was attacked.
Statnett, the Norwegian state-owned power grid operator, made the astounding discovery of the lost Karlsruhe cruiser around 1,600 feet below sea level.
The vessel, which measures 571 feet long and still bears the Nazi swastika, led an assault on the southern Norwegian city of Kristiansand in the April 1940 invasion of the country. 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.
Might explain why the moon is starting to rust...
They are all on the far side, of course.
Fascinating as I did not know that they had done such a successful recovery of the gold, 460 of the 465. From the Barents Sea, Brrr! Very gallant ship and crew, even so damaged, they were able to sink a large German Destroyer. Thanks for posting!
Does anybody wish they could go back in time and witness WW2”
Not me. The human waste is immense and is the thing which haunts the fighters.
Or found somewhere thousands of miles away.
Like off the coast of S. America? Although this was too early in the war to have some conspiracy with the Norwegians and Brits to fake sinking a sub, and then allowing Hitler (and his clones!) to escape to Brazil.
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