Sunday, February 22, 2009

Found off the coast of Sardinia linkor the First World War.

French battleship "Danton", sunk by German submarine in 1917, found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea south-west of the island of Sardinia. Finding was made during the survey the seabed for laying a gas pipeline between Algeria and Italy, reports BBC News.
As the representative of the company is conducting a study Noukins Rob (Rob Howkins), the ship is in excellent condition. Despite the fact that after the torpedo hit battleship turned, he stood directly in Kiel at a depth of about 1000 meters. In his words, the tools and equipment battleship perfectly preserved.
Previously, "Danton" could not be found because it was believed that he was a few miles from the place of actual flooding.
The ship, named after one of the leaders of the French Revolution, Jacques Danton, was founded in 1908 and entered service in 1911. During the First World War, in March 1917, on the way from Toulon in Corfu, he was attacked by a German submarine. On board the battleship was over 1000 people, 296 of them died.
Military historians note that after the explosion of a torpedo ship captain remained on the bridge, and no attempt to escape.

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