Mystery over World War II ship torpedoed by Nazi Germany finally solved

A World War II vessel torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered on the seashore of Rio De Janeiro utilizing sonar imaging.

More than 100 soldiers were killed erstwhile a German submarine U-861 sank Brazil’s ‘Vital de Oliveira’ successful 1942, becoming the country’s lone vas to beryllium destroyed by force forces.

This portion of past was believed to person been mislaid everlastingly contempt efforts to get the nonstop determination of the wreckage.

That is until brothers, Jose Luíz and Everaldo Popermeyer Meriguete, got a unusual telephone by a fisherman.

It was each by chance. The brace were trying to assistance the antheral whose nett had go stuck astatine the bottommost of the ocean.

Unable to lick the contented themselves, they Jose and Everaldo drafted their friend, deep-sea diver, Domingos Afonso Jório, who yet recovered that the nett was entangled successful a cannon.

They informed Brazil’s Navy upon the find successful 2011, but heard thing astir the ship.

Authorities yet confirmed that the wreckage of the ‘Vital de Oliveira’ has been traced utilizing sonar imaging.

A multibeam echo sounder and broadside scan sonar were deployed to representation the water level and make three-dimensional models.

The find of the hull of the sunken vessel took spot connected the greeting of January 16, astir 50 miles disconnected the seashore of Macaé, and was aided by section divers.

‘Vital de Oliveira’ was built successful 1910 and incorporated into the Brazilian Navy successful 1931.

It remained progressive until it was attacked connected the nighttime of July 19, 1944, by the German Navy, becoming the lone Brazilian subject vessel to beryllium sunk during World War II.

Its relation successful the warfare was chiefly successful transporting subject unit and besides supplies on the Brazilian coast.

Similarly to this ship, determination are much than 500 World War II-era wrecks disconnected the seashore of Brazil.

Similar sonar exertion is being utilized much and much to place specified vessels.

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