Submarine or boat sunk in Lough Foyle.

Here's one for Caribecelt and 3rdForum. It seems sonar images show what may be a submarine/boat on the sea bed in Lough Foyle. No one is sure when this happened so they are trying to keep divers away as there may be unexploded ordnance on board from the war or it may even be a war grave...

BBC News

Be a sneaky Russian job, Went tits up so they dernt say anything,

A lot of Allied boats and the like where around that neck of the woods during WW2,so I would put my money on an allied sub that was scuttled for one reason or another.
Also the Nazi navy surrendered there so it could be a Nazi sub sunk as it was not sea worthy and it was sunk by the allies without any record of it.

I told them not to make it from cardboard!

U-boats surrendered at end of war...Surrender locations.

U-boats scuttled from Loch Ryan, Scotland and Lisahally, Northern Ireland. Scuttle locations

Feckin' educational forum this...

Ive scuttled a few things in my time, but never a submarine, Dosent appeal to me,

Here is another read about Nazi navy activity in that area.
http://uboat.net/articles/95.html

CaribeCelt wrote:Here is another read about Nazi navy activity in that area.
http://uboat.net/articles/95.html

Damned interesting sites these, aren't they?

The Lone Ranger wrote:U-boats surrendered at end of war...Surrender locations.

U-boats scuttled from Loch Ryan, Scotland and Lisahally, Northern Ireland. Scuttle locations

Feckin' educational forum this...

Wow thanks Cam Dont know why but I am fascinated by U-Boats.

Yeah,brilliant sites.
You could trawl through them all night...which I will probably end up doing.

Perfectspecimen wrote:

The Lone Ranger wrote:U-boats surrendered at end of war...Surrender locations.

U-boats scuttled from Loch Ryan, Scotland and Lisahally, Northern Ireland. Scuttle locations

Feckin' educational forum this...

Wow thanks Cam Dont know why but I am fascinated by U-Boats.

Me too...I think it's the big child in us.

Saw a series on tele years ago called 'Das Bot' all in German it was but you didnt need it translated. Haunting film, saw it again dubbed into English but it wasn't the same.

Perfectspecimen wrote:Saw a series on tele years ago called 'Das Bot' all in German it was but you didnt need it translated. Haunting film, saw it again dubbed into English but it wasn't the same.

I remember that series Vince. Very deep shit. I seem to remember the theme music was strange as well.

CaribeCelt wrote:Here is another read about Nazi navy activity in that area.
http://uboat.net/articles/95.html

That one is excellent. Love reading the history behind it all.

After all our theorising about Nazi,Yank or Brit U-Boat it turns out to be a Sonar illusion.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0427/lough-foyle-sonic-illusion-sunken-submarine.html

CaribeCelt wrote:After all our theorising about Nazi,Yank or Brit U-Boat it turns out to be a Sonar illusion.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0427/lough-foyle-sonic-illusion-sunken-submarine.html

Ah, never mind. It made for quite an interesting thread for a while...