Five WW2 Warships And A Submarine Have Vanished From The Seafloor

[LazyLion]

Two enormous Dutch-owned warships that sunk into the waters off the Java Sea in 1942 have completely disappeared, along with an American submarine and three British naval vessels.

An international investigation is underway to find out how this remarkable conjuring trick was performed, but at the moment, it’s likely that they were quickly salvaged by an unknown party for scrap metal.

“An investigation has been launched to see what has happened to the wrecks, while the cabinet has been informed,” the Dutch defense ministry said, as reported by the Guardian. “The desecration of a war grave is a serious offence.”

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[The_Librarian]

Ritual of Desecration was performed?

 

[grok]

This is clearly a result of the Phillidelphia Nexperiment..

 

[craiglotter]

Apparently this is quite commonplace. The wrecks get scavenged for metal. Plus, metal from ships sunk pre 1945 are a great source for low-background steel apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

 

[Arthur]

Interesting. Thanks.

 

[Lupus]

Apparently this is quite commonplace. The wrecks get scavenged for metal. Plus, metal from ships sunk pre 1945 are a great source for low-background steel apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

Hopefully they don't recycle it like normal steel, otherwise it would just pick up radiation again.

 

[Drifter]

Hopefully they don't recycle it like normal steel, otherwise it would just pick up radiation again.

What radiation? pre 1945 ships werent nuclear at all.

 

[supersunbird]

What radiation? pre 1945 ships werent nuclear at all.

Read that guys link, it has nothing to do with being nuclear powered or not...

 

[rietrot]

I don't really buy the recycle story. It seems like to much work.

 

[Drifter]

Read that guys link, it has nothing to do with being nuclear powered or not...

I still dont get where the radiation claim comes from. Nothing mentioned in the article.

 

[supersunbird]

I still dont get where the radiation claim comes from. Nothing mentioned in the article.

Here:

Apparently this is quite commonplace. The wrecks get scavenged for metal. Plus, metal from ships sunk pre 1945 are a great source for low-background steel apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

 

[Drifter]

Interesting. Thanks.

 

[thestaggy]

State involvement. De Ruyter is 170 m long and weighs 6,500 tons, that doesn't disappear over night.

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

An international investigation is underway to find out how this remarkable conjuring trick was performed, but at the moment, it’s likely that they were quickly salvaged by an unknown party for scrap metal.

Wow .............. and I thought SA was bad .............

...... but seriously, thats a k@k load of steel to just vanish.

 

[genetic]

Wow .............. and I thought SA was bad .............

Bad for making ships under the ocean just vanish?

 

[rietrot]

Bad for making ships under the ocean just vanish?

Yes, happens weekly here by me in jhb.