[dowcaet]

That’s what I was thinking too. The ocean dpths 185 miles from the nearest coastline has to be at a minimum several thousand fet deep. Unless they’ve surfaced and have been missed by the spotter planes I think this won’t have a happy ending.

[River_Wrangler]

That’s what I was thinking too. The ocean dpths 185 miles from the nearest coastline has to be at a minimum several thousand fet deep. Unless they’ve surfaced and have been missed by the spotter planes I think this won’t have a happy ending.

Remember this is a news report. Details don't mean anything. I am guessing that they are on a line from where they departed to the sub base and are 185 miles from the base which would put them much closer to land. Still not good but not as inaccessible as reported. Hope for the best!

[Tallguy]

The continental shelf goes all the waY out to the Falkland Islands. So the depth increases very slowly as you move away from the coastline. We have a similar situation off the US eastcoast. It’s so shallow that German U-boats couldn’t ‘get under’ some of our depth charge attacks.

Google U-352. I dove that wreck. Only 110 fsw.

[BwanaNdege]

Check Google Earth. The Continental Shelf is hundreds of miles wide in places. It runs out past the Falkland's.