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U 670 wreck has been found and identified
Posted by:
Yurek
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Date: May 25, 2016 08:17AM
The wreck was found 20.06.2013 by Wojciech Jechna from the Baltycka Baza Nurkowa (bazanurkowa.com). In September 2013, the sonographic examination of the wreck was made by Polish Navy (dywizjon Zabezpieczenia Hydrograficznego Marynarki Wojennej (ORP Arctowski)) and identification was stated as "type VIIC U-boat". In March 2015, the sonographic examination of the wreck was made by Maritime Institute in Gdansk.
On 24 and 25.08.2015, a group of Baltictech divers (baltictech.com) composed of: Tomasz Stachura, Lukasz Piorewicz, Dimitris Stavrakakis, Jacek Kapczuk, Tomasz Zwara, Lukasz Pastwa and Daniel Pastwa with the assist of support divers (Maria Pastwa, Piotr Piorewicz), made an inspection of the wreck resting on a depth of 80-81meters in coordinates 54º46’N 18º45’E. During the dive was collected video material that allowed the final identification of the ship as a wreck of a German type VIIC submarine U 670.
Link to the identification video:
[vimeo.com]
Baltictech divers has also identified in previous years a number of others German U-boats in Hel Peninsula area:
U 768 - [vimeo.com]
U 367 - [vimeo.com]
U 272 - [vimeo.com]
Now we are extensively looking for the U 346, because the earlier found and wrongly identified U-boat wreck described as U 346 is in fact U 272. We have found on that wreck the 88mm deck gun, which is absent on the foto from the last dive of the U 346. The foto of last dive of the U 346 we have obtained from DUBMA in Cuxhaven/Altenbruch.
On 24 and 25.08.2015, a group of Baltictech divers (baltictech.com) composed of: Tomasz Stachura, Lukasz Piorewicz, Dimitris Stavrakakis, Jacek Kapczuk, Tomasz Zwara, Lukasz Pastwa and Daniel Pastwa with the assist of support divers (Maria Pastwa, Piotr Piorewicz), made an inspection of the wreck resting on a depth of 80-81meters in coordinates 54º46’N 18º45’E. During the dive was collected video material that allowed the final identification of the ship as a wreck of a German type VIIC submarine U 670.
Link to the identification video:
[vimeo.com]
Baltictech divers has also identified in previous years a number of others German U-boats in Hel Peninsula area:
U 768 - [vimeo.com]
U 367 - [vimeo.com]
U 272 - [vimeo.com]
Now we are extensively looking for the U 346, because the earlier found and wrongly identified U-boat wreck described as U 346 is in fact U 272. We have found on that wreck the 88mm deck gun, which is absent on the foto from the last dive of the U 346. The foto of last dive of the U 346 we have obtained from DUBMA in Cuxhaven/Altenbruch.
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U 670 wreck has been found and identified
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Yurek | 05/25/2016 08:17AM |
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Re: U 670 wreck has been found and identified
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vito | 05/29/2016 10:14AM |