More than 80 years after the Brazilian warship was flooded with a German submarine during World War II, the ship was finally confirmed, the Navy Brazil showed. The historical vessel has been positively identified within a decade after the fisherman's network became fixed on the shipwreck without realizing what an obstacle is.
On the night of July 19, 1944, “vital de Oliveira” was torpedoed by Nazi German subscription. It was the only Brazilian warship that was buried by enemies during World War I Issue of the news. About 100 crews of the ship were killed about 270.
The ship was mainly used to transport soldiers and materials along the coast, and according to data Brazilian newspaper O GloboThe crew included teenagers who worked as boys of the cab.
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The crash site was originally found in 2011 by a couple of brothers after the fisherman's net stuck at the bottom of the sea, the fleet said. Ultimately, a diver with a deep sea named Domingas Athons Jorio found that the network was stuck on the gun, and he reported the crash site. But officials could not confirm the shipwreck at the time.
On Friday, the Military Fleet said that the location of the felling ship was finally confirmed last month, about 40 miles from the Rio -Derara coast. The opening was confirmed during an oceanographic scientific -research vessel, which is also called “vital de Oliveira”.
Archaeologists have used sophisticated equipment for collecting data on the position and condition of the ship, the fleet said. To create 3-D ocean floor models used multiplayer sound sound, and Sonar Sonar Sonar with high permission.
“The equipment used allowed us to get unprecedented images of the corps,” the Navy said.
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Images obtained during the survey will be used to create three -dimensional shipwreck models, the fleet said.
Technical immersion and remotely used underwater vehicles can also be used to capture photos and videos, as well as to collect additional data on the vessel and any artifacts associated with shipwreck.
“These evidence allow us to understand trade routes, military -marital strategies, technological progress and episodes, such as military confrontations and maritime disasters,” Captain Lieutenant Ka Seasar Pereira Demilio said in a statement. “In some cases, the felling courts are associated with certain periods such as World War II, which adds strategic and diplomatic importance to their research.”
As depending on The Congress LibraryBrazil and Mexico were Only two Latin American countries are sending troops to fight in World War IIAnd Brazil was the only Latin American country that directed troops to fight in Europe.
Several warships have been discovered in recent months. Last November Destroyer of World War II USS Edsall Located below the Indian Ocean, just a few days after the shipwreck discovered off the coast of Scotland confirmed the British cruiser Drowned by Torpedo during the First World War.
Last October, Uss Stewart's crashThe destroyer of the US Military Fleet, which served both in the American and Japanese flags during World War II, was found near the Northern California coast.