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By tk *Girl Scouts, volunteers create home for oysters *Jellyfish arrive in local waters *Jekyll's turtle nests hit record number *Tropical Storm Claudette forms over Caribbean Sea *Local diver aims to save protected grouper In the first para will you please change Type V11e to Type V11c.
The diving team investigated this find, it was a submarine listing 70 degrees to port, but suprisingly intact, with two dents in the pressure hull abaft the conning tower, and a hatch which was found to be open, it was also aft of the conning tower. Closer to the bow, the hatch used to load torpedoes into the boat was found open. The position where this submarine was located correlates with the position of the sinking of the German U-Boat U767 fixed by the British warships which sank her 58 years ago. The single survivor picked up by Fame, had at that time, confirmed the identity of his submarine as U-767, it would seem beyond any doubt that the team had found, dived on, and explored U-767, sunk in position: 49 degrees 03 minutes North, 03 degrees 13 minutes West on the 18th. of June 1944. Once again, the ocean had been forced to give up yet another of its secrets, modern diving techniques and equipment are allowing intrepid divers to locate and dive on more and more wrecks that have long been hidden in their secret lairs. When one adds the wonders of under water photography to this mix, we are now able to enjoy visually the amazing shots of this newly found U-Boat, now the home of colourful marine life. A word of thanks. Hello Thankyou for answering my email. My Uncles name was Jack Ireland (William). He was a stoker on the HMAS Canberra. Any info on him would be appreciated. Tanks again
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