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U-166 Found and photographed
Posted by:
Anthony Reilly
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Date: June 09, 2001 07:05AM
<HTML>Just saw this on CNN, and got this Reuters News Service bulletin from the CNN US web site.. ON the broadcast, they briefy showed footage of the conning tower and a seafloor debris field
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) -- BP Amoco PLC and Shell Oil Co. announced on Friday a big discovery in the Gulf of Mexico -- a sunken World War II German submarine.
BP and Shell, two of the world\'s largest energy companies, stumbled upon the U-166 submarine in 5,000 feet of water last month while surveying a location for a planned underwater pipeline.
The only submarine sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the war, U-166 lies near the U.S. passenger freighter S.S. Robert E. Lee, which it attacked with a torpedo on July 30, 1942.
The freighter, headed for New Orleans, had been carrying 400 passengers and crew when it was torpedoed, killing 25 people.
Shortly after its attack on the Robert E. Lee, U-166 was sunk by the U.S. military. All 52 crewmembers aboard the submarine were killed.
BP and Shell made the discovery using a remote-controlled submarine and have decided to choose a different route for the pipeline, they said in a statement.
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) -- BP Amoco PLC and Shell Oil Co. announced on Friday a big discovery in the Gulf of Mexico -- a sunken World War II German submarine.
BP and Shell, two of the world\'s largest energy companies, stumbled upon the U-166 submarine in 5,000 feet of water last month while surveying a location for a planned underwater pipeline.
The only submarine sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the war, U-166 lies near the U.S. passenger freighter S.S. Robert E. Lee, which it attacked with a torpedo on July 30, 1942.
The freighter, headed for New Orleans, had been carrying 400 passengers and crew when it was torpedoed, killing 25 people.
Shortly after its attack on the Robert E. Lee, U-166 was sunk by the U.S. military. All 52 crewmembers aboard the submarine were killed.
BP and Shell made the discovery using a remote-controlled submarine and have decided to choose a different route for the pipeline, they said in a statement.
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U-166 Found and photographed
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Anthony Reilly | 06/09/2001 07:05AM |
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RE: U-166 Found and photographed
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Dave McQueen | 06/09/2001 08:38AM |
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RE: U-166 Found and photographed
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kpp | 06/11/2001 06:56PM |