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Offline SG

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Battleship Roma wreck found!
« on: 08 Jul , 2012, 07:10 »
hi,
a few days ago the wreck of italian Battleship Roma was found off the coasts of Sardinia at over 1000 mt depth.
Some underwater footage taken from the italian navy website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF529Tf4DUU&feature=youtu.be
 
and some more infos about the finding (bottom page translated into english):
http://www.marina.difesa.it/Conosciamoci/Notizie/Pagine/20120628_corazzataroma.aspx
 
and about battleship Roma and her tragic story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Roma_(1940)
 
cheers
SG
 
« Last Edit: 08 Jul , 2012, 07:14 by SG »

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Re: Battleship Roma wreck found!
« Reply #1 on: 19 Jul , 2012, 01:10 »
There's something so interesting about discovering wrecks. Thanks.
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Re: Battleship Roma wreck found!
« Reply #2 on: 15 Apr , 2014, 17:29 »
Updated link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Roma_%281940%29

SG
You always seem to find a lot of interesting stuff.

Later Tim