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4d ago

Germany to Lift 1919 U-Boat U16 From North Sea for Likely Scrapping

Officials plan a crane recovery within days following a routine BSH survey that located the intact hull.

Ein Schwimmkran soll ein mehr als 100 Jahre altes U-Boot aus der Nordsee bergen.
Experten entdeckten das geheimnisvolle Wrack bei einer Routinefahrt.

Overview

  • The wreck lies about 20 meters deep north of the island of Scharhörn and measures roughly 57 meters in length.
  • Preparations include freeing the site with a suction dredger, threading steel cables under the hull, and hoisting it to Cuxhaven with a floating crane, reported by one outlet as the Matador 3.
  • Authorities say the submarine is not regarded as a war grave and believe the crew left the vessel before it sank, though no internal inspection has been carried out.
  • Officials describe the planned recovery as unprecedented for this type of wreck in Germany.
  • BSH detected the U16 during a recent routine hazard survey; the boat was built in Kiel in 1911 and sank in 1919 during a postwar delivery voyage to Great Britain.