Wanted: info on UB 46, a German u-boat unearthed in coal mine!

I recently saw a picture of the 1992 (I think) excavation of the German U-boat UB-46. Since then I have searched the internet but found nothing on how its remains were unearthed. The photo was in a book on Fortean material and the U-boat was allegedly found in a sand-bank under a coal mine in what is today Turkey. There are two internet sites on everything about UB-46, except on why it was discovored in a very unlikely location. I think the remains are in the Naval Museum in Istanbul. Still, everything begs the unanswered questions.

Here's the museum's page talking about UB-46:

www.dzkk.tsk.tr...

(oops. can't link directly to the page. click on "outdoor exhibitions" on the right. )

Says it was sunk in the Black Sea during WW1.

If it'd been found in a coal mine, you'd think they'd mention it.



[edit on 25-10-2009 by vox2442]

reply to post by vox2442

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Yes one would think so. But they don't mention where it was found at all. But that's what happens when something is truly mysterious. Silence.

Google is your friend.

From what I saw, the UB-46 wasn't discovered in a coal mine, but as a result of coal mining operations. That could include mining below the surface of the water, which could reveal the presence of sunken ships.

reply to post by halfoldman

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Found this after some extensive scouring...

reply to post by redoubt

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Thanks for that. Much more than I could ever find! In that case, next time I see the book in our local library I think I will contact the editors. It definately has a black and white photo of men digging in open soil, although it was in a sandback with open coal fileds, rather than deep in a mine. Nevertheless it intriqued me as to how ocean wreckage moves about on land (without a major tsunami). Don't want to flog a dead horse, but the plot also thickens.

By the number designation I figured this was a type 2.

For what its worth, Wikipedia (one of a few times I will use them as a source because they confirm what I know )has this to say:

en.wikipedia.org...


As part of a group of six submarines selected for Mediterranean service, UB-46 was broken into railcar sized components and shipped to Pola where she was assembled and launched in May 1916, and commissioned in June.


[edit on 25-10-2009 by felonius because of fat fingeritis]

[edit on 25-10-2009 by felonius]

Go to the U Boat Forum

uboat.net...

Have extensive research on all classes of U Boats from WWI & II

Can query and someone will usually answer

They are uncovering an ancient seaport in Pisa,Italy near the leaning tower, right now and Pisa is a few miles away from the coast today.

In many countries ocean going vessels sail many miles up rivers to load & unload their cargo. San Francisco Bay area comes to mind for me.

Stockton,Ca is many miles from the coast but ships have access to it from San Francisco bay.

A complete German submarine and a coal mine together?

If you are ever in Chicago check out this place Museum of Science and Industry. They have both you can walk through.