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TITAN Salvage Works Jointly to Successfully Relocate the Sunken World War I Germ |
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 09:09 |
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(POMPANO BEACH, Fla.; July 22, 2008) TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corporation's salvage and wreck removal company, reported today that its salvage team along with Scaldis Marine Contractors successfully completed the relocation of a World War I German Submarine named UB38 in the Dover Strait.
The UB38 sank in 1918 after it ran into a minefield while trying to escape British destroyers. The mine exploded between the conning tower and stern sinking the submarine with all 27 hands in what is now the southwest lane of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme close to Varne Bank. In her two years of operation, the submarine sank 46 allied ships totaling 47,000 tons. Though the submarine has never been considered a danger to navigation in the strait, recently ships with much deeper draft, particularly oil tankers, were causing concern.
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