Operation Deadlight Expedition II
by Innes McCartney
This is the second dive expedition onto the resting place of the German U-boats scuttled in 1945-1945 during Operation Deadlight by the Allies.
During July 2001 the first Operation Deadlight Expedition diving operations took place. Read about them here.
Visit the homepage of the expedition here.
This article was published on 13 May 2002.
| Operation Deadlight Expedition II Day One: 4 May, 2002 - Diving on the U-1271 since U-861 is hard to locate. Day Two: 5 May, 2002 - The broken down wreck of U-1009, plus the Laurentic. Day Three: 6 May, 2002 - Going back to the U-2511 which Innes describes as the world's greatest submarine dive. Day Four: 7 May, 2002 - A dive on the U-1104 in a nice Atlantic swell. Day Five: 8 May, 2002 - Another unidentified U-boat location, plus a steamer from WWI. Day Six: 9 May, 2002 - A dive on another unidentified boat which turned out to be an awesome dive on the other type XXI boat there! Day Seven: 12 May, 2002 - Finally Oesten's elusive U-861 is located. Day Eight: 13 May, 2002 - No diving due to poor weather conditions. Day Nine: 14 May, 2002 - No diving due to poor weather conditions. Day Ten: 15 May, 2002 - Another visit on the type XXI boat U-2506. Day Eleven: 16 May, 2002 - Dropping onto the U-1271. Day Twelve: 17 May, 2002 - The end report of the Operation Deadlight Expedition II. Go to the front page of |
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