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Re: mercury
Posted by: kurt ()
Date: March 26, 2002 01:19PM

U-boats never used mercury for ballast per se. Mercury would be a very expensive and rare substitute for another perfectly good liquid ballast that was used - sea water.

A handful of U-boats carried mercury as precious cargo on the dangerous runs between Germany and Japan.

This subject of Mercury on U-boats comes up from time to time - see the Myths sections of this site.

There are rumors that a U-boat near the US coast, filled with Mercury, poses a great ecological hazard, yada yada yada. The story is completely false. No U-boat carrying mercury lies buried near the US coast. In fact, I don't think any U-boat of any kind lies sunk near the US Gulf Coast.

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mercury mike knickelbine 03/26/2002 01:00AM
Re: mercury kurt 03/26/2002 01:19PM
Re: mercury Rainer Bruns 03/26/2002 07:11PM
U-166 kurt 03/26/2002 09:51PM
Re: U-166 mike knickelbine 03/30/2002 01:40AM


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