Midget submarine 313 "Biber", Vlissingen, NL
N 51° 26.443 E 003° 34.733
31U E 540233 N 5698995
German midget sub "313" Biber class, recovered out of the Westerschelde 1950.
Waymark Code: WMQ719
Location: Zeeland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/01/2016
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The Biber (German for "beaver") was a German midget submarine of the Second World War. Armed with two externally mounted 21-inch (53 cm) torpedoes or mines, they were intended to attack coastal shipping. They were the smallest submarines in the Kriegsmarine.
The Biber was hastily developed to help meet the threat of an Allied invasion of Europe. This resulted in basic technical flaws that, combined with the inadequate training of their operators, meant they never posed a real threat to Allied shipping, despite 324 submarines being delivered. One of the class's few successes was the sinking of the cargo ship Alan A. Dale. Source Wikipedia
The number 313 sunk of unknown reasons in 1945 and recovered in 1950 out of the Westerschelde with still a live torpedo and mine on it. The bodies of the crew was still in this sub, too.
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