Ved
Lyme Bay utenfor Portland, hviler vraket av verdens eneste hangarskip-ubåt
på en dybde av trettifem meter i nesten perfekt stand. M 2 forsvant
i dypet under en øvelse den 26. Januar1932. Mannskapet på
M2 var stolt av farten ubåten deres kunne holde, og forsøkte
hele tiden å sette ny rekord. Den 26 januar dykket M 2 ned i dypet
med en besetning på seksti mann, og dette var siste gang man så
eller hørte noe fra ubåten. 29. Januar var alt håp
ute for M 2, og åtte dager senere ble vraket lokalisert. Døren
til hangaren var åpen, og flyet fortsatt ombord. Det så
ut til at hangaren var blitt åpnet mens ubåten fortsatt
var under vann. Flyet ble raskt berget, men etter nesten et år
med forsøk på å redde M 2, ble vraket overlatt til
å hvile i dypet utenfor Portland. Vraket hviler idag på
en dybde av trettifem meter i meget god stand sørvest for Chesil
Beach, og er blitt et meget populært dykkemål i området...
At Lyme Bay outside Portland, rest the
worlds only wreck of an aircraft-carrier submarine
on a depth of thirty five meters in almost perfect condition.
The M 2 disappeared in the deep during an excersise in 1932. The
crew on M2 were proud of the speed their submarine could manage,
and tried all the time to set a new record. 26. January the M
2 dived down in the deep with a crew of sixty men, and was never
to be seen or heard from again. 29. January all hope was lost
for the M 2, and eight days later the wreck was located. The door
to the hangar was open, and the airplane still on board. It seemed
like the hangar was opened while the submarine was still under
water. The airplane was quickly salvaged, but after nearly a year
with attempts to salvage the M 2, the wreck was left to rest in
the deep outside Portland. The wreck rest today on a depth of
thirty five meters in a very good condition southwest of Chesil
Beach, and has become a very popular divesite in the area...
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