Nazi submarine wreckage discovered off Indonesia
Nazi submarine wreckage discovered off Indonesia

WWII Nazi U-boat discovered in Java Sea

Indonesian divers have discovered the wreck of a WW2 Nazi U-boat, with 17 skeletons of its crew still aboard. A tip-off from local divers led a team to the wreck, located 100km northeast of Karimunjawa Island off Java.

U-168

Initial research concluded the sub to be  U-168, a hunter-killer of the German 'Kriegsmarine' that claimed several Allied vessels before being sunk by torpedoes in 1944. Numerous artefacts were also recovered including dinner plates bearing swastikas, batteries, binoculars and a bottle of hair oil.

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