Swedish military says divers' wreck find likely Russian submarine that sank in 1916 collision

Fox News ^ | July 28, 2015

[McGruff]

Sweden says a submarine wreck found last week in its territorial waters was most likely Russian World War I submarine the Som, which sank after colliding with a Swedish ship in 1916.

Swedish Armed Forces spokesman Jesper Tengroth says investigators on Tuesday analyzed video footage provided by the diving company that found the wreck.

[bunkerhill7]

Swedish military says divers’ wreck find likely Czardine Can that sank in 1916 collision

ther fixed it

[lowbridge]

If you see any 100+ year old russian guys walking the streets of sweden muttering “emergency, everybody to get from street”, he just might be one of the crew.

[elcid1970]

That was the funniest moment of all in “The Russians Are Coming!!”

[tanknetter]

Would love to find out what kind of condition it’s in. Whether it could be raised, repaired and used to shake down cruise ships, like the Rat Pack did with the sunk Uboat in “Attack on the Queen”

[McGruff]

Pics and video here

http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/frammande-ubat-hittad-i-svenskt-vatten/

I was surprised on it’s condition. Especially if it happened in 1916.

Speaking of condition.

http://y.cdn-expressen.se/images/aa/88/aa88eb23273d4df39772fc682399a81c/310.jpg

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj.

[BenLurkin]

“Swedes Spot Tsar’s Sunken Sub”

[BenLurkin]

Footage shows foreign submarine found in Swedish waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ6wxuh0XLo

[Bigg Red]

Well played!

[Molon Labbie]

Just a little hijack, but along the same line of conversation

To the submariners and other learned naval experts here, can anyone give an explanation why we have not explored the wreck of the Scorpion with a dedicated ROV?

If I recall one of the forward hatches on the bow was blown open..

[Freelance Warrior]

Som [the presumed Russian submarine], was originally the Fulton, an experimental submarine that was the prototype for USS Plunger and subsequent Plunger-class submarines. It was sold and delivered to Russia in sections and re-assembled in St. Petersburg Link

[tcrlaf]

“To the submariners and other learned naval experts here, can anyone give an explanation why we have not explored the wreck of the Scorpion with a dedicated ROV?”

Because there are questions no one wants publicly answered, even now?

[Molon Labbie]

Yeah, my conclusion as well. Even if we did find out the Sovs sank her, Obama will blame us and go to war with us over it. /s