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Dave Gittins
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Username: gittins
Post Number: 2851
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:56 pm: | 
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Here's a story about a ship that some may not have heard of.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19937006-29677,00.html
Dave Gittins
Titanic: Monument and Warning.
http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/Book.html
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rob scott
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Username: robseagull
Post Number: 81
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:49 pm: |
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I was just reading this today, just in case it has different details, more info,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_re_eu/poland_graf_zeppelin
The Nazi aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin under the waters by Gdansk. |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 10612
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 4:11 am: |
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MSNBC has the story at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14062541/ and some photos at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14063675/displaymode/1176/rstry/14062541/
The wreck lies at 280 feet so it can be accessed (Barely) either by well equipped tech divers or submersibles.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Alyson Jones
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Username: firefoxy
Post Number: 589
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 4:13 am: |
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I thought Hitler never believed in Aircraft carriers technolghy,and never gotten around to finish there first Aircraft carrier for ww2?meanning Hitler and Germany never actually commission an Aircraft carrier during ww2! |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 25024
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 4:30 am: |
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>>I thought Hitler never believed in Aircraft carriers technolghy<<
The German Navy at least did appriciate the value of airpower at sea, which is why the Graf Zeppelin was attempted in the first place. They even had work underway to develop navalized versions of some of their priciple warplanes such as the Ju-88.
You can read a bit more about them at http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/germany.htm#graf-cl
Even if the Germans had been able to get both ships into service, it's extremely unlikely that they would have made any real difference. Britain and the USA had a lot more operating experience and the benefits of lessons learned over 30 years which the Germans didn't have.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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