Re: Are There Any Divers Among Us?
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:25 pm
That sunken U-Boat off of Cape Hatteras looks like an interesting dive, 110 feet down. Hopefully you'll be able to make it. Of the 48 German sailors aboard U-352 15 died when sunk. Here's what happened to the rest of them:sonsofboston wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:11 pmScuba diving has been my favorite pastime since getting my license earlier this year. I’ve dove Kauai once and quite a few times in New England for lobster. I look forward to one day diving U-352 in North Carolina, and the Niobe Corinthian in Bermuda.
https://www.olympusdiving.com/en/u-352
https://monitor.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/u-352.html
U-352 sank while the majority of the crew was able to escape. Icarus left the area for approximately an hour to await instructions on how to proceed. They then returned to the site and collected 33 survivors, one of which died aboard the Icarus shortly thereafter. The survivors of U-352 were later interrogated and remained in various prisoner of war camps for the duration of the war....