The Swedish territorial waters found the wreck – BFM.Ru

divers found her claim to have seen her label, made in Cyrillic

The Swedish territorial waters off the coast found the sunken submarine. It was discovered last week near the eastern coast of Sweden and a half nautical miles from the coast, in an area of ​​active navigation. This is with reference to the organization Ocean X Team, engaged in the search for historical artifacts under water, reports the Central Navy Portal.

Members of the Ocean X Team examined the find with the help of underwater vehicle. It was found that the length of the submarine 20 meters, width – about 3.5 m. “It is unclear how old it is and how long lain under water,” – said the divers. However, they claim that they saw on board the boat inscriptions in Cyrillic, of which conclude that the submarine – Russian.

July 27 divers notified about his discovery of the Swedish Armed Forces. According to the Swedish media, the military is already studying the materials provided to them.

«Submarine has no visible injuries on the body, its hatches closed. In this regard, we are afraid that the crew was unable to escape when it sank, “- said the diver Ocean X Team Stefan Hogeborn.

« Apparently, she was on a secret mission in which something has gone wrong “, – told the newspaper Expressen senior lecturer of Strategy and Security Policy at the National Defense University, Thomas Ries.

« Most likely, it is not there for a long time. It looks very good and I can assume that it is on probation and crashed, “- said, in turn, the Swedish defense experts Joachim von Braun.

From 17 to 24 October 2014 the Swedish military We conducted an operation to search for “foreign submarine activity” in the Stockholm archipelago. According to preliminary data of the Swedish media, the reason for the operation served interception alarm Russian submarine in Kaliningrad. Officially, the Swedish Ministry of Defense did not confirm nor deny this information. At the end of the operation the military said that an unidentified object left the territorial waters of Sweden and that determine what it was, they did not succeed.

Finding the submarine participated ships, minesweepers, helicopters and more than 200 soldiers. According to Rear Admiral Anders Grenstada this unsuccessful operation cost the budget in Sweden 2.2 million euros.