German submarine u-869 bookmark

In june 1999, nova producer rush denooyer interviewed guschewski at a monument to the u boat service in the northern german coastal town of miltenort. Fdrs secret involvement in intelligence and espionage. Three people have been killed so far on that wreck, the u869 off the coast of nj, including a fatherandson team, and the person that identified this wreck as the u. Axel niestles interpretation of events, uwho has regained her identity as germanys type ixc uboat u869. The discovery of the wreck of a german submarine off the coast of new jersey in 1991, and its positive identification as the u869 six years. I have been part of finding and identifying more than a few wrecks, like the german submarine u869. This wreck was a german electric submarine which was sunk on the east.

Some of these wrecks have been very kind to me, while others have challenged me almost to the breaking point. On 31 august, 1997 these same divers reported evidence that the boat they found is u869 knife inscribed with a u869 crew members name, uzo torpedo aiming device, machinerynumbers from the engine room. The day the nazis bombed dublin posted on may 27, 2016 by historywithatwist noel brady was standing with his father at the hall door of their family home on st ignatius road in dublins north strand area when they heard the drone of a nazi luftwaffe bomber flying overhead. The official records state that u869 was destroyed on february 11, 1945 by two u. Diving german uboats off the east coast draugas news. The true adventure of two americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of world war ii by robert kurson. The boat is u869, a submarine previously thought lost off the coast of morocco. In the second essay in this series i wrote about the problem of balancing risk and exploration. My two dives on titanic was breath taking and certainly one of my favorites and who. Launched by the third reich in late 1944, the first ballistic missile, the v2, fell on london, paris, and antwerp after covering nearly two hundred miles in five minutes. Then suddenly, a german u156 submarine broke the surface and brought world war i home.

In this flash feature, lead yourself on a selfguided tour of u869, a type ixc40 u boat that sank for reasons. German submarine u849 was a longrange type ixd2 uboat built for nazi germanys kriegsmarine during world war ii. The information contained in this report was developed by the authors over a six year period with the assistance of numerous other divers, historians, and war veterans. German type ixc40 submarines were slightly larger than the original type ixcs. Richies work identifying a world war ii german submarine, u869, off the.

Credit river shipwreck series u869 february 11, 1945 there are many shipwrecks around the world. In this flash animation, guide yourself through the world war ii german submarine off new jersey that divers eventually identified as u869. U868 had a displacement of 1,144 tonnes 1,126 long tons when at the surface and 1,257 tonnes 1,237 long tons while submerged. The discovery of the wreck of a german submarine off the coast of new jersey in 1991, and its positive identification as the u869 six years later, was a project that involved some interesting research, and challenging diving. It was commissioned on 26 january 1944 with kapitanleutnant helmuth neuerburg in command. The uboat war in world war two kriegsmarine, 19391945 and world war one kaiserliche marine, 19141918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. Orleans became the only part of the united states to be shelled by the enemy. Submarine hms unruffled sank german minesweeper pommern exfrench belain desnambuc kptlt heydemann off bastia, sardinia, east of san remo, italy.

Thanks to the recovery of funkmeister martin horenburgs inscribed knife by captain john chatterton and dr. German submarine u869 was a type ixc40 u boat of nazi germanys kriegsmarine during world war ii, whose wreck was discovered off the coast of new jersey in 1991. I usually dive off the boat, the seeker, that is the boat used in the documentary by pbs that this site talks about. This was more consistent with the attack reports that cited two explosions versus the circle runner theory which would only explain one hole. Nagle discovered the resting place of a world war ii german uboat. Laid down in bremen and launched on 31 october 1942. German navy type ixc40 uboat u869 is launched by ag weser, bremen werk 1077. German submarine u869 was a type ixc40 uboat of nazi germanys kriegsmarine during world war ii, whose wreck was discovered off the coast of new. Ultra eventually became the standard designation among the western allies. When a shorter version of novas hitlers lost sub aired in germany in april 1999, a remarkable thing happened. Its a micro size geocache, with difficulty of 1, terrain of 4.

This is the 14th in a series of essays on exploration by nasa s chief historian, steven j. The details of the discovery and identification of the u boat were documented in a two hour nova program, hitlers lost sub, and in a new bookshadow divers by robert kurson. Kurson born april 18, 1963 is an american author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, shadow divers, the true story of two americans who discover a world war ii german u boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of new jersey. A german uboat was found off the coast of new jersey, usa on 2 sept, 1991 by several divers. I have a filing cabinet full of the research that we conducted. By john chatterton, richard kohler, and john yurga. The recent flight of space shuttle discovery, the ongoing debate over hubble space telescope servicing, and the general activities of space programs around the world demonstrate that risk. For a brief moment, over there had become over here. They shared their memories and photographs with me, and i began to understand who the men of u869 were and what their lives had been like.