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ishmael
02-27-2006, 07:25 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4702832.stm#text
Uncle Duke
02-27-2006, 08:17 AM
"...The ship has lain in waters only 10m deep since its scuttling..."

Gee, that doesn't seem like much! I'm really surprised that it hasn't been looted already...
Andrew Craig-Bennett
02-27-2006, 08:26 AM
Since she is not a war grave, I am also surprised.

Hans Langsdorff is admired in Britain as well as iin Germany, because of his treatment of the merchant ship crews whom he took prisoner.
Alan D. Hyde
02-27-2006, 12:22 PM
An interesting link.

Thank you, Jack.

Alan
John B
02-27-2006, 01:48 PM
it is interesting.

but what sort of gobbledegook is this?

"...The ship has lain in waters only 10m deep since its scuttling..."

30 ft depth of water? I don't think so. That would mean substantial chunks of hull or superstructure out of the water.
George.
02-27-2006, 01:58 PM
Must be 10m to the top of it. I once dove on a WWII cruiser, the USS Wilkes-Barre. The top of the superstructure was at 140', the deck was at 210', and the bottom was at 250'. We didn't go to the bottom. :eek:
John B
02-27-2006, 02:01 PM
Yeah, must be. I'm being toey today.... feel like a rant.

about something.dang bed/ wrong side etc.
George.
02-27-2006, 02:29 PM
Maybe you just got out of bed too early... ;) :D
John B
02-27-2006, 02:39 PM
I was going to ask whether it was upright or on its side but....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39861000/jpg/_39861402_grafspee11-ap300.jpg
ishmael
02-27-2006, 03:16 PM
The thing I wonder about is that several of the linked stories refer to Montevideo's plans to make the "restored" ship a tourist attraction. Okay...I wanna see that too. smile.gif
George.
02-27-2006, 03:29 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39861000/jpg/_39861402_grafspee11-ap300.jpg

Why do I have a hard time believing there ever was such blue water and great vis anywhere near Uruguay...
ishmael
02-27-2006, 03:31 PM
The image is computer generated, based on sonar data.
John B
02-27-2006, 03:37 PM
That does it....
J. Dillon
02-27-2006, 06:11 PM
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/1789/grafspaee7hj.jpg
John B., this is what appears above water as of last year. Passed it on the way to the "Horn". The waters are pretty murky.

JD
John B
02-27-2006, 06:44 PM
Wow!!!

Thanks Jack.