U260 u-boat Type VIIC

[dif5000]

What is a German boat is not like, more to the U.S. looks like, just include the class to which it is not clear

[denism66]

@dif5000  Its a type VIIC, I have updated the info

[retepydarb]

She is suspected of hitting a mine on 12 March '45 as bow is extensively damaged, but now is felt to have hit uncharted pinnacle discovered 120 metres south of wreck known '78 Rock' (discovered in 1978 eeven though U260 found it in 1945?!). No losses to crew who rowed 4 miles ashore and interred for remainder of war - no allied activity in area on that date. I dived it many times since year 2000 doing external tour 15-20 mins each time, total dive time 45-50 mins with deco stops - quite safe

[gorgonzo1a]

all subs near Great Britains coast were sunk by Germans because they wouldn't hand their advanced engineering over to the enemy at the end of the world wars

[nrjelley]

@gorgonzo1a No they were sank by Britain because the Irish Republicans were allowing German U-Boats to dock at Irish ports. Fact!

[Kaiser3945]

@nrjelley

You're an ignorant moron! I challenge you to provide on iota of evidence to back up that idiotic statement of yours. Personally, I won't hold my breath waiting for it. You're nothing more than a contemptible imbecile who is confusing personal sectarian and racist opinion with fact. I'll tell you what is fact. Allied service personnel captured in our country were routinely hand back over the border to the British, while Germans were routinely imprisoned for the duration of the war.

[sr633]

We have a sunken German U Boat that is10 miles off our shore. It is located straight out from an amusement pier. It has deck gun ammunition strewn around it . The hatches were welded closed for safety, as it is not a novice dive. I was told that a large amount of Mercury was found on board. My Uncle was on a brand new Tanker that was sunk by this group of subs -- He survived.

[DerDeftige1]

gespenstisch

[juju990000]

i dont think you should go into this submarines because it were disrespectful to dive into a submarine where people died inside. I hope you wont do it.

[addres999]

SCARY o.o

[Tracer112]

Excellent video :)

[colinclarke1000]

@itsmepaul57 theres also a type VIIC boat at lubeck on the north Baltic coast in germany

[megatwingo]

@colinclarke1000

The preserved VIIC boat is located at Laboe near Kiel. Not Lübeck.

I´ve uploaded a few videos from a visit of that boat.

[itsmepaul57]

I did hear a story of a U-Boat that had sunk off the Bahamas (or similar location) and when the divers banged the hull it sounded hollow - ie, it was not full of sea and sand.....

[almostalways803]

wow duel with a side sling



[itsmepaul57]

In England , maritime port of Liverpool , they have an intact U-Boat that has been sectioned up and sealed with perspex at each section ends to allow maximum number of people to see her this is the U-534. She was raised with all artefacts onboard.

[itsmepaul57]

These old boats are structurally unsound - a number of divers have died trying to explore them. They are 65 year old rust-buckets - I wouldn't recommend going inside....

[marlboromike2100]

@itsmepaul57 Whats the matta.. didn't have your tetnes shot, or just get warry of Megs? LOL jk.. Yea.. not a good ideal.

[wellohmeeeeeee]

Does anyone know the logistics of a sunken Submarine surviving completely intact ?

I know a war grave could not be disturbed or entered, but if one could? and has stayed watertight, as 18thc lead coffins have been discovered in London, and contents preserved as an egyptian tomb could stay uneffected by air. Could it be then at some time when technology exsists...be scanned by magnetometry radar or geophysics to see inside?

Just fascinates me - the idea of looking into a time capsule

[AdventureSwede]

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[AdventureSwede]

Read all about it at;

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[AdventureSwede]

Scuttled at 2230hrs on 12 March, 1945 south of Ireland, in position 51.15N, 09.05W, after being mined. Whole crew interned in Ireland 48 survivors (no casualties).

[brucebear1]

According to the historical records that I have seen, U260 was damaged by a mine in early 1945. It was obvious that the boat would sink soon, so all the men aboard abandoned ship successfully and made for the Irish coast nearby. Thus it is NOT a war grave and there are no ethical objections to entering the sub. However, such a dive would be most hazardous and should not be attempted by anyone but the most experienced, best equipped divers. VERY HAZARDOUS!!

[enzocip71]

Nice Video... Nice experience... I see th glass of periscope... incredible perfect after 60 year...

[germaniajim]

I wonder if anyone has ever found any iron crosses in any uboat dives?

[stephen88hox]

thanks for the uploads,ive heard there is maybe one uboat wreck in the north,not sure if its true

[Airsoft109z]

Silent whispers of dead nazi bastards...well... some...

[flyingdutchman330]

you can see a serious rudder damage ! and also hull damage what was the reason that made this sub wrecked ?

[MegaChristaras]

poor crew

a water tumb ..... GIAAIGSSSS

[freeharddrive]

Can you as a diver to enter the u-boot or is this too dangerous.

[pudransemarikas]

i wonder why this sunken boats dont look anything like they do in the 40s phothograps ,,wheres the conning tower??what happened to the shape of the vessel??the deck was made of wood but the conning tower wasnt

[diablemarin]

@pudransemarikas Only the inside trunk of the tower remains. the outside rarely survives. Often times it is pulled of by fishing nets! Or it rusts away as the outer sheeting was of a much thinner sheet metal. I did see at least one u-boat in deep water where the outer casing of the tower remained and was calcified. It was really cool to see!!

[pudransemarikas]

@diablemarin ok i see, thanks for the info pal ,, are you a professional diver? youve seen only german uboats? or other subs too? which is the more intact german one?

[pudransemarikas]

@diablemarin hey how about the u 166 that one has the conning tower youve seen that one???

[sweenaldo1993]

Is it possible to explore inside these U-boats or is it physically impossible or unethical?

[denism66]

@sweenaldo1993 As far as i know no-one died in this u-boat so it is not a war grave and i think some people have been inside

[darkmossie633]

@denism66 a pity

[PuRPLENEMESiiS]

@sweenaldo1993 They might be able to get close, but if it has a nuclear reactor then every one pisses themselves incase it leaked... otherwise i dont think they would because of the preassure or some shit like that.

[sweenaldo1993]

@PuRPLENEMESiiS They didn't have nuclear submarines in the 40's, and if the hull is ruptured (which presumably it is), the pressure of the water would be equal to that of outside the U-boat.

[MegaChristaras]

@sweenaldo1993 whell it is foul of mud and corals if u want to do so u must clean the inside in a special way

[Keloperse]

@sweenaldo1993

These dives are at pretty extreme depth. You have only pretty few minutes before reaching your turning point. At open circuit specially this becomes issue since your RMV is like 20 liters per minute roughly.

[Keloperse]

@sweenaldo1993

These dives are at pretty extreme depth. You have only pretty few minutes before reaching your turning point. At open circuit specially this becomes issue since your RMV is like 20 liters per minute roughly. It's completely possible to go inside but possibly dangerous as hell. Just imagine having a ceiling and a decompression window at the same time.

[pyroger101]

definetly on the to-do list for me!!

[ilkkavu]

they should go inside. this is boring.

[ollenhauer1]

ich belobige die taucher,wenn ich sehe ist es als würde ich selber tauchen,top leistung ihr taucher.

[spooksixsix]

das boot. das sunk. eerie looking things,shipwrecks.

[ohbloodynora1]

cool nathan ,,, shame u had 2 get bk 2 the cafe mon....!

[Cork9509]

Im diving this tomorrow. Ive been waiting years to dive this UBoat.

[uboot802]

great video,thx

[blobby1972]

strange place to take your dog for a walk how does it keep yaping without drowning

[rumpo99]

No wonder she sank, the hatch is open -.-' ^^

[flyingdutchman330]

@rumpo99 this is a sign of ship abadonmend and also a sign that people might have survived

[wehrmacht95]

@rumpo99 the hatch will of been open when the germans were escaping the damage to make her sink would probably be from a depth charge

[freeharddrive]

Can they not Uboot lights? Like the U534

There are still valuables in.

[AnglOsAxOn2]

I have dived that boat, its amazing to see.The periscope is in eccellant condition the lense looks new.

It did not hit a mine it was corral that cause her to sink.

The u boat should not have been there as that part of Ireland was considered nuetral, it is believed they were looking to sneak up on England via Ireland.

Incidently the man who discovered her also drowned at the site.

[t3h8d9]

Amazing! It must have been a fantastic experience! And in spite of having been scuttled by own crew the boat seems remarkably well preserved. U-260 is a Type VII boat. Is it true it lies 80 meters deep? tell us more about your first hand experiences...

[AnglOsAxOn2]

She lies at 50 metres.I could not stay long as i was using air, the divers in the footage are using rebreathers.

The Boat is in good condintion except for the port side which has a whole in it exposing the torpedoes. There is a gun on the stern and the propellers are intact. The entrance hatch is open enabling you to look inside.All 48 crew survived.

Another great dive is the Thistlegorm(Google it) in Egypt.

[ALMEROONE]

no rebreathers. thats why you can hear bubbles. you would need a shovel to get 50 meters on that dive. enjoyed thistlegorm especially night dive

[AnglOsAxOn2]

Yes fair point I forgot about the bubbles, looking again they are using twin cylinders.

One thing I must add, she does lie at 50 metres.

[ALMEROONE]

wrong again . Nic died while diving the kowloon bridge. He was using an Inspiration rebreather and convulsed. His buddy tried to helphim but lost him. I found Nic some minutes later as Iwas also on that dive. Sadly we failed to revive Nic back aboard Sundancer 2. A great loss to his family and Irish divers.His wife gave birth to baby Nicola 7 months later. Safe diving Ang.

[AnglOsAxOn2]

That part of the info came from people who had been diving the site for years. Whats the plaque on the cliff side, I was informed in was put there in his memory.

[ALMEROONE]

A plaque and a cross was placed on the Stags rocks (which is where the Kowloon was wrecked)1 year after Nic died.I helped his buddies from the Kinsale club with the work . I think it was some German divers who placed a plaque on u260 as they had dived it with Nic. It may have been removed as it spooked some divers. I live in Dublin so don,t get to dive there too often.

[lilkenny22]

Germany always made the best submarines, and they still do:)

[madisonelectronic]

@lilkenny22 Quisling

[RED1111111111]

@lilkenny22 GERMANY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO MAKE SUPERB ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!

[pepparmostheelder]

@lilkenny22 Dont forget the HMS gotland (swedish submarine), Germans aint the only ones :P

[Icaller1915]

@lilkenny22 Yeah but look at Russia, Russia makes the most advanced stealth submarines. They are also even more quiet and sneaky killers.

[montife]

Thankyou great video. So glad to hear it is not a grave

[KleineHansel]

The avenging spirit of the Rein.

[phonix032]

how did she sink? poor boys the kriegsmarine were the best and had very little nazis in their force. Who would want a annoying ss man saluting and yelling Heil Hitler evrytime i would torpedoe him out of the sub lol

[swordfish2121]

The boat hit a mine at 80meteres depth. It was a british minefield (CF-2) which was illegally placed in irish territorial waters. Heavily dammaged it re-emerged aprox. 13 seamiles from Cap Clear. It transmitted an emergency massage and by the order of the commander the crew sunk thier own boat. In rubberboats they reached the irish shore at Galley Head and got detained by the british. Fortunatly no seaman died here.

[k1971C]

detained by the irish you mean,ireland was neutral at the time and had broken free of british opression,there were no british soldiers allowed into the south of ireland

[Paxification]

They would however have to give Nazi salutes to officers during the Nazi era. Fortunately for them I doubt that SS men were present on the subs. The Soviets did have communist party officials on their ships up to 1989 so would the Nazis do the same? Millitay personel have enough worries without some guy walking around constantly singing praises of Fianna Fáil, Labour, Republican democrats, etc.

[ALMEROONE]

nic gotto believed u260 may not have been mined but hit nearby 78 rock which was uncharted in 1945.??? its a great dive. dive safe

[00MORDRED]

awesome footage!!!!!

INSPIRING!

i was just certified this last june in MN.

scuba diving changed my life.not kidding.

im more aware of the environment,and myself.

5***** :o)

[sOnarPL]

Scuttled at 2230hrs on 12 March, 1945 south of Ireland, in position 51.15N, 09.05W, after being mined at 80 meters depth. Whole crew interned in Ireland 48 survivors (No casualties)

1 ship sunk 4,900 t (on 9 patrols) lol

regards

[69moparman]

How deep are you ?

[tumadoireacht]

41 metres

[boldjdawg]

to bad u cant go inside

[Cork9509]

This is a really excellent video. We dived the Kowloon Bridge recently, one of the biggest wreck dives in the world, only a few miles from this site. Hope to do the U-Boat soon. Thanks for posting this excellent video. Its a great breifing video before we dive it!

[sOnarPL]

cool video! realy good! i love uboats wreck video!

[agentolshki]

theres still two u boats unnacounted for

[pappajb05]

that eye looking thing looks like the attack scope if its forward of the conning tower by the radar aray i beleave it might be.

[PanzerAngriff]

Beautiful. They should raise her!

[Anton1941]

In this case, yes.. maybe

But don't forget that most Uboat are "Grave-sites" protected..and so on.

Most went down with ALL the crew. (between 45and 70 men), and most are so deep you can't even dive to them.

U260 was scuttled..without loss.

Most were not so lucky...

I think everybody by now.. knows the numbers.

Out of 40,000 sailors on German uboats.. - 31,000 went to the bottom of the sea

[Kricke73]

Its really spooky how the old u-boat periscope eye moves vs the camera. I cant understand why?

[Kricke73]

Scary periscope eye-movement : )

[jonboy1973]

Thanks for posting this,superb!

[kos83]

it could be or the periscope or the observation periscope... can't think to anything else

[souzajb]

what is that thing like a eye moving at 7min30sec on video?

[uhfnutbar1]

Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 4.893 GRT

Fate u-260 Scuttled at 2230hrs on 12 March, 1945 south of Ireland, in position 51.15N, 09.05W, after being mined at 80 meters depth. Whole crew interned in Ireland 48 survivors (No casualties).

[tumadoireacht]

one or two killed by initial explosion?

[uhfnutbar1]

u-260 Career 9 patrols 14 Mar, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1942 8. Flottille (training)

1 Oct, 1942 - 31 Oct, 1944 6. Flottille (front boat)

1 Nov, 1944 - 12 Mar, 1945 33. Flottille (front boat)

[DeltaUnifomDeltaEcho]

This is a great video. We were mesmerized when we watched it. This would be a great song to go with it, and it could be mixed in with the original audio:

Boards Of Canada - '84 Pontiac Dream

Actually I had that song playing in the background while I watched your great video.

Awesome, really.

Thanks for putting in so much work.

[ferrari2k]

Actually I have to say that I am so glad to see a video here that is not ruined with some stupid music just some people like. It is good this way.

[HotDevice]

Wow! what an experience!

where is this u-boat? can people dive close as sport diving or is it authorization required?

cheers!

[denism66]

The wreck is off the south coast of ireland and is often dived by sports divers

[czee789]

How deep it is ?

[denism66]

The bow is in about 45m and the conning tower is about 38m

[AdrianGlasgow]

Is it a war grave or did the crew get out? There was a U-Boat that was rescued from the sea bed as it wasnt a war grave, seems a shame to leave her down there like that if it can be returned to the surface. Theres videos of that other U-Boat (now kept in England) on youtube.