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Originally Posted by PanzerBob
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Originally Posted by Aussie Dave
 Here is a interesting (But small) picture of the KMS Graf Zeppelin on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Cheers,
Dave |
Must be the sailor part of me, but those kinds of shots give me the creeps. But it's interesting never the less. I understand she sunk because the Russians overloaded her with War Booty  they were trying to sail to Russia. IIRC the catapults were captured by the Allies, they were trialed on land not sure if any made on board.
Bob out |
The Graf Zeppelin was actually scuttled by the Germans themselves as the Russians approached to stop it falling into russian hands.
The Russians re-floated it in 1947 but it was too damaged to actually salvage, so they used it for torpedo practice and it went to the bottom again.
Thankfully the ship was unmanned both times she sank.
(No lives were lost.)
Cheers,
Dave