U-Boat 1277 WWII German Submarine: Scuttled in 1945 Inbound Porto, Portugal.  ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Dive Data & Advisory:
where you can find marine life and structural details. EAN32 will insure a complete tour around this wreck.
to the substrate.(take a look at the sketch Good buoyancy control can really make a difference. bellow)  ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Video: it has an historical nutshell of the historical facts, as well as underwater recordings during day and night dives. From here you can get a pretty accurate idea of what´s down there.  Over the U-Boat deck; it´s parts are amazingly preserved considering the time that it has been submerged and the shallow waters where it lies. (-31msw/-101.7ft) | Technical information for type VIIC/41
______________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Photo slideshow:courtesy of my good Friend & UW Photographer, Casimiro Sampaio. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Historical facts: This german sub had it´s first combat mission (used previously for training) during the last period of WWII. When it left port, The objective was to patrol the English Channel. It´s base in Bremen,Norway at the day of departure was under a heavy attack. Therefore radio silence was usual standard to avoid detection. After some time at Sea, radio messages stated the the Wolfpack vessels should submerge with the black flag up; as a sign for surrender... The Captain and crew had a training that made this incoming question hard to understand; they should never surrender their vessel, plus, if something goes bad, just sink it without any possibilities for the enemy to get control over it as well as their secrets as the well known "Enigma"; a cryptographic machine that fooled the allied forces during it´s appearance during WWII; this particular device should never be capture for instance. I made a video with several images taken from video recording that can really give you a pretty good idea of the way it is nowadays after so many decades under the water. ______________________________________________________ Want to know more about historical facts? Check bottom page. Information source: uboat.net | click here for more details: ______________________________________________________ |
