Nazi sub portrayed in Raiders of the Lost Ark discovered in the North Atlantic https://t.co/wJPO5epz2h pic.twitter.com/EkegrLsADc
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A Nazi submarine has been unearthed by German researchers off the coast of the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, according to a report.
The U-581 was tasked with taking down the British squad carrier Llangibby Castle in February 1942, but it failed the mission and was sunk by the British destroyer Westcott before it could finish the job. Rather than surrender the ship to the British, the captain let the submarine sink while the Nazi crewmen tried to escape, according to Gizmodo.
Four Nazis were killed and 41 were taken prisoner. One officer miraculously escaped after swimming four miles to land.
Since then, the sub has lived on the bottom of the Atlantic where its sleek exterior has become marbled with coral, barnacles and other sea life.
It was originally found back in September but researchers from the German Rebikodd-Niggeler Foundation are withholding the exact location. They hope to make a documentary about its discovery.
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