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found and excavated in the mid 1990s.... U-166, a German submarine lost on 30 July 1942 in the G ul f of Mexico, was discovered 45 miles off the tip of th e Mississippi River delta in May during a pipeline survey for British Petroleum, Amoco
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The conning tower of U- 166 (Shell)
CROSSWORD ANSWERS ACROSS 4 Very Crank 6 Hoysteed Hacker 10 Cariad 12 Bucentaure 14 Cole 15 Soren Larsen 18 C harles F Adams 21 Amphorae 22 Proa 23 Coracle 27 MarieAmoinette 29 Torpedo Gunboat 31 Mason 32 Goldplater 35 Bound 36Exe 37 Heat 38 Bainbridge 39 Etruscan 40 Flushdecker 42 Belknap 43 Giglio Ship
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and Shell oil companies. In its first patrol, the U-boat sank four ships, including the Robert E. Lee. She was fo und upright in 5,000 feet ofwarer less than a mile from the Lee. (Shell web site: www.shellus. com/ news/ press_releases/2001 Ipress-08JUNO1a. htm) . . . The Swedish ship Vasa, which has been a model of archaeological conservation since it was raised 4 1 years ago, is facing a new chemical threat. During the unusually wet summer of 2000, moisture drew sulfur deposits to the surface. The acid that results w hen the deposits com e into contact with oxygen is causing the hull to deteriorate. Conservationists have put together an exhibit focusing on the issue and are exploring so lutio ns. (Vasa Museer, PO Box2713 l , S-102 52 Stockholm, Sweden; 46 8 519 548 00 ; web site: www.vasa museer. se/indexeng.hrml) . .. An exp edition from Britain 's ITN/C hannel 4 found the remains of HMS Hood 10,000 feet down in the D enmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. In May 194 1 she was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck with the loss ofl,415 men. The wreck is in poor condition. (web site: www.channel4 .com/hood) . . . The destroyer HMS Exmouth, sunk by a U-boar in January 1940 with the loss of all 189 men on board, was found by divers from the European T echnical Dive Center after a three-year search near W ick, on Scotland's northeast coast. T he destroye r was struck by a torpedo on a passage from Aberdeen to Scapa Flow. (web sire: www.hmsexmouth.com) ... The Naval Historical Foundation has received a $ 150,000 preservation grant from the Dillon Fund to digitize more than
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