Diving the wreck of U 12 - German WWI submarine, Firth of Forth, North Sea 2019
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2019
- The German coastal submarine U 12 was patrolling the east coast of Scotland in March 1915. After sinking a 1000-ton British steamship carrying a cargo of coal she was hunted down by three British destroyers the following day, Aerial, Acheron and Attack.
She was sighted on the surface by the destroyers and as she made to dive she was rammed near the bow. She then resurfaced and was engaged by British guns. She sank with the loss of 20 crew and her wreck now rests upright in 50 metres in the Firth of Forth, North Sea.
Nice dive. The cold water has done an amazing job of preserving the sub. Thanks for not adding music!
Awesome mate, thanks for sharing!
Amazing footage, well done guys !
Surprisingly good nick for a century underwater. Thx for the upload, v. interesting.
That was a realy clear dive awsome camera work have you dived The royal archer in the forth?
Cracking dive covered alot
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Never had cause to dive royal archer - I believe it was pretty shallow and as a result was dispersed by RN and salvaged in the ‘70’s
@@rodmacdonald6396 as far as I know all cargo still there moter bikes and two trucks I belive
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Cracking video
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Great footage though 👌🏻
So let me get this straight
it sunk? and they was all trapped inside or what?
Great video! Is there any sign of the 105 mm gun? I've got a model kit of a U-9 class sub on its way, but guns are not included except for a couple of Maxim machine guns. It seems there's doubt whether the larger weapons were ever actually mounted. If it's present on or near the wreck, that would answer the question very nicely.
Hi Joseph - thanks for the comment. There was quite a current running the day I shot that video so I was having to work hard to cover the whole sub.
At 10:13, as I'm returning from the bow and approaching the conning tower, you will see the empty 105mm deck gun mount. I have dived this sub a few times - and have never seen any sign of the 105mm deck gun anywhere nearby on the seabed, but that doesn't mean to say its not there! I'll look next time I dive it, once covid is done and dusted. Regards. Rod
@@rodmacdonald6396 Rod, thanks very much for the reply! I just got my model of the U-9 produced by Das Werk whom I believe you helped with their research when producing the kit. It's a magnificent model. One other question, at about 4:14 as you're moving forward from the stern, I see a pair of tubes close together. Would those be the remains of the folding stack and air intake? Thanks again and hope you're staying safe and well!
Hi Joseph - can't help you there, never been called upon to research the mechanics of how these WWI boats worked so not as familiar with them as I am with ships. Now if you were to investigate and let me know here, that would be really helpful!
So what happened to the sub, any survivors?
Shelled and then rammed by British destroyer. Out of a crew of 29, only 8+ 2 officers got out alive. The others are likely still inside this poignant war grave.
Bottom time? Total dive time?
30-35 mins on the bottom. CCR runtime of about 90 minutes.
It's not the Firth of Forth. It's the North Sea, 18 miles or so off the Scottish coast.
Indeed - the North Sea is the title of the video - but it’s a vast area, I was simply trying to give folk an idea where it is as opposed to Norway, Rattray Head etc