General Discussions
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII.
Re: PEI U-376?
Posted by:
Johannes
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Date: December 03, 2003 03:14PM
<HTML>Hi everybody,
I, too, think it would be a good thing to identify an as yet "mysterious" Uboat wreck, since it might solve questions on the part of families about the final resting place of their loved ones - but wouldn't that mean that divers would actually have to enter it?
I may, of course, be wrong, but isn't this wreck a war grave when the hatches are closed and all the crew - or, rather, what is left of them - are still inside? I'm sure those who endeavour to enter and identify the boat will do so out of purely historical motifs and not driven by a somewhat ghoulish lust for the macabre and thus won't remove any human remains or private artifacts.
Just my two cents,
Johannes</HTML>
I, too, think it would be a good thing to identify an as yet "mysterious" Uboat wreck, since it might solve questions on the part of families about the final resting place of their loved ones - but wouldn't that mean that divers would actually have to enter it?
I may, of course, be wrong, but isn't this wreck a war grave when the hatches are closed and all the crew - or, rather, what is left of them - are still inside? I'm sure those who endeavour to enter and identify the boat will do so out of purely historical motifs and not driven by a somewhat ghoulish lust for the macabre and thus won't remove any human remains or private artifacts.
Just my two cents,
Johannes</HTML>
