Sweden says submarine wreck probably Tsarist-era Russian vessel

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Guardian

The wreck of a submarine found off Sweden’s coast was probably a Tsarist-era Russian vessel that collided with a ship about a century ago, the country’s military has announced.

“We are most likely talking about the Russian Som-class submarine – nicknamed Catfish – which sank after a collision with a Swedish vessel in 1916 during the first world war and before the Russian Revolution,” the Swedish armed forces said.

Speculation had been swirling about the origins of the vessel after Swedish divers announced on Monday that a submarine had been found about 1.5 nautical miles off the coast of central Sweden.

The announcement came nine months after a high-profile hunt for a mystery submarine in Swedish waters, which some suspected was a modern Russian vessel.

FULL story and video at link.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/28/sweden-submarine-wreck-tsarist-russian-som-catfish

[Jack-o-Lantern]

1. Interesting.

[dembotoz]

2. Tsarist???? still could have been putin

here comes the new boss same as the old boss

[ornotna]

3. US made sub it seems

Originally the Fulton, an experimental boat of the Plunger class.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Som-class_submarine