tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post2879418596343544044..comments2024-03-28T21:57:32.099+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Australia's HMAS AE1 Submarine Found After 103 YearsPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-79913061458537500692017-12-22T14:05:59.929+11:002017-12-22T14:05:59.929+11:00Hi Ztev [at 22/12/17 12:53 PM]
Thanks for referen...Hi Ztev [at 22/12/17 12:53 PM]<br /><br />Thanks for reference https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053555/http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BR3043/contents.php some good Christmas reading.<br /><br />Another Brit sub reference I'll be reading is a hardcopy of "Royal Navy Submarine 1945 to 1973 (A-class - HMS Alliance)" Its part of the Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual series. Mail order through abebooks.<br /><br />Have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.<br /><br />Pete Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-35265700714850880202017-12-22T12:53:13.498+11:002017-12-22T12:53:13.498+11:00Very good book length feature on the E class and o...Very good book length feature on the E class and others in THE DEVELOPMENT OF HM SUBMARINES<br />FROM HOLLAND NO 1 (1901) TO PORPOISE (1930) by the UK Submariners association Barrow Branch.<br /> which is web archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053555/http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BR3043/contents.phpZtev Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553128132098513643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-8438537237215396562017-12-22T12:45:32.909+11:002017-12-22T12:45:32.909+11:00To discourage the grave robbers, they should make ...To discourage the grave robbers, they should make it clear its only a small submarine, even though the displacement was around 750t, thats the water dispalced by air , mostly. The weight of steel could be as little as 100t, unlikely to be worthwhile from 300m even using grabs on barges.Ztev Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553128132098513643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-7089117439673373602017-12-22T09:47:38.824+11:002017-12-22T09:47:38.824+11:00Hi Anonymous [at 22/12/17 7:57 AM]
To give much n...Hi Anonymous [at 22/12/17 7:57 AM]<br /><br />To give much needed context to your selected quote:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks carries :<br /><br />By Oliver Holmes, Monica Ulmanu and Simon Roberts, The Guardian [with smart graphics mostly dysfunctional] November 3, 2017: <br /><br />"The world's biggest grave robbery: Asia’s disappearing WWII shipwrecks Exclusive: the unmarked graves of thousands of sailors are threatened by illegal metal salvagers"<br /><br />"...The UK’s Ministry of Defence demanded Indonesia protect the ships in its waters. “A military wreck should remain undisturbed and those who lost their lives onboard should be allowed to rest in peace,” a ministry spokesperson said.<br /><br />Since then, divers in Malaysia have sent photos to the Guardian showing the destruction of three Japanese ships that sank off the coast of Borneo in 1944 during the Pacific War. And one of Australia’s most treasured ships, light cruiser HMAS Perth, has also been ripped up.<br /><br />Dan Tehan, Australia’s [Minister fo Veterans’ Affairs] told the Guardian: “The HMAS Perth is the final resting place for more than 350 Australians who lost their lives defending Australia’s values and freedoms, so reports the wreckage has been disturbed are deeply upsetting and of great concern.”<br /><br />James Hunter, from the Australian National Maritime Museum, was one of the divers who discovered the Perth was “60 to 70% gone”.<br /><br />"...Large “crane barges” have been photographed above wreck sites, often with huge amounts of rusted steel on their decks. At the seabed, divers have found ships cut in half. Many have been removed completely, leaving a ship-shaped indent.<br /><br />Cambodian, Chinese and Malaysian-registered vessels have been spotted above shipwrecks. In some cases, their crews have been arrested. In one case, the looters had acquired a letter from a Malaysian university which said the work was authorised as “research”...."<br /><br />"...Sources: US Navy, Royal Navy, Australian Department of Defence, Dutch Ministry of Defence, wrecksite.eu, combinedfleet.com"<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-51144709645106106892017-12-22T07:57:46.179+11:002017-12-22T07:57:46.179+11:00Beware the metal scavengers!
"Dozens of wars...Beware the metal scavengers!<br /><br />"Dozens of warships believed to contain the remains of thousands of British, <br />American, Australian, Dutch and Japanese servicemen from the second world war have <br />been illegally ripped apart by salvage divers, the Guardian can reveal.<br /><br />An analysis of ships discovered by wreck divers and naval historians has found that <br />up to 40 second world war-era vessels have already been partially or completely <br />destroyed. Their hulls might have contained the corpses of 4,500 crew.<br /><br />Governments fear other unmarked graves are at risk of being desecrated. Hundreds <br />more ships – mostly Japanese vessels that could contain the war graves of tens of <br />thousands of crew killed during the war – remain on the seabed."<br /><br />See:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com