Shoigu wants with the Swedes to study the ship was found
Sergei Shoigu announced intentions to spend together with Sweden joint expedition to the sunken Russian submarine. The President of the Russian geographical society stressed that the organization is ready to prepare and make such a dive.
The President of the Russian geographical society (RGO) Sergei Shoigu announced that the RHS is going to appeal to the Swedish employees, with a proposal to organize a joint expedition to the submarine, which foreign experts believe the submarine of the Russian Empire. Russian Minister stressed that a similar dive will be important for Russian history.
"Just yesterday we formed such an idea is to contact the Swedish geographical society and likely to offer a line of our undersea research Centre to undertake a joint expedition to the submarine, which revealed ", - quotes the Minister of RIA Novosti.
The Manager of the Russian geographical society stressed that the organization could prepare and conduct such an expedition, if that, of course, will be interested in our Swedish colleagues. He added that the RHS is a curious proceeding from belief of the history of the Russian submarine fleet.
Remember that Swedish divers who found sunken in the Baltic sea submarine, which, most likely, has Russian roots. Foreign experts suggested that the submarine "Say", which was part of the Imperial fleet and sank on may 10, 1916, when confronted with the Swedish steamer "Angermanland". A similar version was approved in the Ministry of defence of Sweden.
Besides domestic experts not to draw hasty conclusions. State of the ship, which spent about 100 years in marine captivity, seemed dubious. In addition, according to the national expert, it is difficult to draw any conclusions, focusing only on video.
"Somy" (Fulton) - domestic submarine built in the USA by Holland project-VIIR John Philip Holland. In her sample in Russia in 1904-1906, he was made a series of submarines. In early July, 1915, the submarine was transferred from the black sea fleet in the Baltic. The tenth of may, 1916 submarine "Sony", carrying out patrols in the area Alandscape, died while scuba conflict with the Swedish steamer "Angermanland". Together with the boat died and her fighting crew of 2 officers and 16 of the lower ranks.
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