U.S. Gives Russia Data on Mysterious Cold War Sunken Submarine K-1290

September 11th, 2007 by admin in Military

By MIKE ECKEL
The Associated Press
Monday, September 10, 2007; 4:07 PM

MOSCOW — U.S. military officials on Monday gave Russia a videotape and other archival materials on the Soviet K-129 submarine, whose sinking in 1968 is one of the lingering mysteries of the Cold War.
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Divers in Sweden discover Soviet World War II submarine0

July 4th, 2007 by admin in Military and NEWS

Stockholm - A team of Finnish and Sweden nationals have discovered a Soviet submarine that sank in 1942 after being rammed by a Finnish submarine, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Frigate HMAS Adelaide to be sunk off new south wales coast0

April 12th, 2007 by admin in Military and NEWS and Wrecks

From the Australian minister of defense: “I am pleased to announce I have selected New South Wales to be gifted the Royal Australian Navy Guided Missile Frigate HMAS Adelaide for sinking as a dive wreck. more…

Tracking Field Marshal Rommels gold-hunter0

April 10th, 2007 by admin in General and Military and NEWS

The hunt is on for an Oxford man who could help pinpoint the location of a hoard of sunken Nazi gold.

Terry Hodgkinson, a scriptwriter for Oxfordshire-based detective drama Midsomer Murders, is planning a TV documentary about a search for a £10m haul of gold and diamonds, known as Rommel’s Gold.

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Zylotech buoys to protect Japanese sub0

March 30th, 2007 by admin in Military and Technology and NEWS and Wrecks

High-tech buoys fitted with video and acoustic equipment, manufactured by Australian company Zylotech, have been purchased by the NSW government to protect a Japanese midget submarine recently discovered off the coast of Sydney.

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British unmanned sub used to clear mines0

March 30th, 2007 by admin in Military and Technology and NEWS

An unmanned submarine which detects and destroys unexploded mines has been unveiled in Hampshire.

The Talisman, which is size of a small family car, was built in Waterlooville by BAE Systems.

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The ghost of Scapa Flow0

January 1st, 2007 by admin in Military and NEWS and Wrecks

SIXTY-seven years after she rolled over and sank in Scapa Flow, underwater archaeological experts have produced the most detailed sonar images of stricken giant HMS Royal Oak – images the ordinary camera could never capture.

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Midget sub discovery stirs ghosts of the past0

December 14th, 2006 by admin in Military and NEWS and Wrecks

KAZUTOMO BAN, 74, a retired doctor, remembers going to the train station with his mother to see his brother, Sub-Lieutenant Katsuhisa Ban, off to war in 1941.

It was a scene being repeated all over Japan, but the older brother, from a proud Imperial Navy family, already knew he would never return.

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Plea to let submariners be0

November 29th, 2006 by admin in Military and NEWS and Wrecks

THE brother of a Japanese submariner yesterday urged that a World War II midget sub found off Sydney’s northern beaches be left untouched.

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British Government prohibits salvage of “human torpedoes”0

June 29th, 2006 by admin in Military and NEWS

Phuket - Phuket will not allow a private marine-supply company to salvage two British “human torpedoes” from their resting place at the bottom of the ocean.

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