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U-580 discovered in Baltic of Memel (Klaipeda)

Posted on: 4 Jul 2013 at 09:05.

The wreck of German U-boat U-580 has been located of Memel (now Klaipeda in Lithuania)

U-580 (Kuhlmann) was 11 Nov, 1941 in the Baltic Sea near Memel, in position 55.45N, 20.40E, after a collision with the target ship Angelburg.

More information:
http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article117689276/Wrack-von-U-580-in-der-Ostsee-vor-Litauen-entdeckt.html (includes a video of the wreck).




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