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EX500rider

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17. 1968 was a bad year for subs....4 went down:

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 11:59 AM

Jul 2019

Minerve sank two days after the submarine INS Dakar of the Israeli Navy disappeared in the eastern Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus. Two other submarines were lost to unknown causes in the same year; the Soviet submarine K-129 and the American USS Scorpion.

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French submarine lost for over half-a-century located in Mediterranean [View all] Blue_Tires Jul 2019 OP

It would seem that the LBN aspect of this story happened on January 17, 1968 ... marble falls Jul 2019 #1

Yes, the fact that it was finally found is LBN... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #2

Oh for heaven's sake! Coventina Jul 2019 #3

Per LBN: marble falls Jul 2019 #4

It might be to those of us marybourg Jul 2019 #5

By that logic, the finding of King Tut's tomb would not be LBN. Coventina Jul 2019 #8

Exactly right. Tut's tomb is not of national interest ... marble falls Jul 2019 #9

No, you were scolding the OP Coventina Jul 2019 #10

Point out the scold. I was questioning. An inquiring mind wants to know ... marble falls Jul 2019 #11

Happy to do so. Coventina Jul 2019 #12

That's not a scold. People have often asked this same sort of question about an ... marble falls Jul 2019 #13

You asked, I answered. Coventina Jul 2019 #14

Off the topic and not my point but OK. I guess we'll never know ... marble falls Jul 2019 #15

Again, please alert if it offends you so. Coventina Jul 2019 #16

*mourn BannonsLiver Jul 2019 #18

It's just sad....remember the kursk? thewhollytoast Jul 2019 #27

if only we could find the USS Cyclops and about two dozen historically significant aircraft Submariner Jul 2019 #6

Think you meant Paul Allen's (estate's) RV? WheelWalker Jul 2019 #20

Yup Submariner Jul 2019 #21

Her sister boat the Eurydice sank two years later hack89 Jul 2019 #7

1968 was a bad year for subs....4 went down: EX500rider Jul 2019 #17

Yeah, '68 was a messy year on all fronts... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #19

One thing about this story that stands out... Archae Jul 2019 #22

A PBM flying boat search plane sent out after them also vanished. Kid Berwyn Jul 2019 #23

It was seen to explode, by other searchers. Archae Jul 2019 #24

So, where's the wreckage? Kid Berwyn Jul 2019 #25

Don't forget, it was not in the afternoon the Mariner took off. Archae Jul 2019 #28

"MINE" and "S" (from Minerve and S647): dalton99a Jul 2019 #26

Thanks for this... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #31

It was a news story in Le Monde dalton99a Jul 2019 #33

Sure wish Ameila Earhart's plane .. MicaelS Jul 2019 #29

The USS Cyclops story is very interesting Polybius Jul 2019 #30

Holy damn that's creepy.... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #32