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Oct 3, 2020 · A team of Polish divers say they have found almost intact the wreckage of German World War II steamer Karlsruhe, which was bombed by Soviet planes and sunk in the Baltic Sea in April 1945,...
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Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and served from November 1929 to May 1938, and again from November 1939 to April 1940, seeing action in World War II. She was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine .
Oct 23, 2020 · Baltictech. On April 13, 1945, Soviet planes sank the German steamer Karlsruhe in the Baltic Sea, killing almost 1,000 people. Now, divers say they’ve found the wreck—which could hold remnants of...
Polish divers have uncovered the wreckage of a German World War Two ship which may help to solve the mystery of the Amber Room - a stolen tsarist Russian chamber that has not been seen since 1945.
Sep 20, 2020 · German light cruiser, the Karlsruhe, has been identified on the seabed 13 nautical miles off Norway 80 years after she was sunk during the invasion. Lying in deep water she was detected just 15 metres from a Norwegian power grid sub-sea cable that connects Denmark and Norway.
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Nov 30, 2021 · Sovfoto. On September 4, a team of 14 deepwater divers set off on a ship from Poland to explore a WWII-era shipwreck lying under 300 feet of water at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Their goal was...
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The story of the German light cruiser Karlsruhe is one marked by innovation, structural challenges, and a tragic end. Commissioned in 1929 as part of the K-class cruisers, Karlsruhe embodied ...
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