Scuba Dive U1195, Short Video finding Coning tower hatch

The U1195 was sunk on 6th April 1945. Of her 49 Man crew only 18 Survived. On the night the U1195 was sunk she had earlier crept into the Solent where she had torpedoed the liner The Cuba, who in sinking became the largets U Boat victim of 1945. The Cubas six escort vessels searched the 30 metre deep water as U1195 tried to slip away. An hour after sinking the Cuba, she was discovered by HMS Watchman. Hedgehogs (A type of depth charge) were fired and diesel oil and bubbles were seen. A buoy was dropped, but the search for the U1195 continued as these were thought to come from a wreck. A short while later a French ship saw men clingin to the buoy. Eight men had escaped through the conning tower hatch, and the rest through the aft torpedo hatch. Now she lies in approx. 30 metres, South of the Isle of Wight. She is almost blown in 2 just aft of the Conning tower which lies to the starboard.

This very short video shows the fruit of our search for the conning tower hatch. You can see what is left of the periscope housing aswell.

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Sports

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• u1195
• scuba
• c0nners
• conrad

[c0nners]

When we found the periscope remains I was quite pleased with myself and wanted to share it with “my mates”.  The video description was factually correct.. I did say “short”. 

I think you should make a video of you and your mates bobbing about on a boat… I bet you’ll secretly enjoy it. It’s a laugh.

Btw… what made you look at my video? What were you looking for? (just interested)

[c0nners]

hi. I'm sorry but you'll never get that 1min of your life back but, if its of any consolation, it was the best I could do with what I found on my video card. 5 years ago when I made this video I didn't really have a nice camera, I didn't have a video light and was shooting with a torch in one hand and the camera in the other.

If you dive the channel you'll know that sometimes the viz can be poor and simply finding a bit of steel might be all you get to do before your dragged off by the current.

[staffsmole]

Be honest, if you spent less time videoing yourself and your mates, and more time videoing the wreck, Conrad, it might be worth watching....

to say it's a "short" video is a chuffing understatement!

No disrespect, but I could make a video of myself and mates bobbing about on a boat.

[mk3stargazer]

interesting! where abouts off the south of the iow is the sub?