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At 11:45 AM 1/30/97 -0500, you wrote: >: >:His statement that he "Firmly believes all wreck sites should be >left >:undisturbed!" annoyed me also. I also wondered why some divers >didn't >:penetrate the wreck to check the doors and scan for munitions that >the >:Germans suspected the ship was carrying. These seemed worth >investigating. >:Maybe we should get our own group together and check it out >ourselves... >: >:Steve > >The Germans have never assumed it was carrying munition, they have >always maintained that it was a mine. I have studied the design of >the Britannic (actually got the plans), with naval architects that I >know and it boggles the mind that one torpedo or mine could sink her. > There is a secret being hid for sure. Maybe a coal dust explosion >like the Lusitania? I just don't know yet. > >Also it is illegal to dive her, that is why only one team in recent >years has visited her, and that was illegally. > >-Charles > > Ahhh! But if they publicly admitted to believing she was carrying munitions, that would be more or less an admission of guilt that they had reason to and did in fact torpedo her. Perhaps a torpedo alone wouldn't have caused that much damage but was the catalyst for a coal dust explosion... Isn't it odd that the Germans claim to have mined that whole area yet no traces of ANY mines could be found? Just thoughts, Steve +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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