U-864: 65 tonnes of mercury in the North Sea bottom

[the middle]

An ecological tragedy of the last war ...
The press is talking about a future bailout of the sunken submarine.
The story on wiki:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Caesar

[Christophe]

Hey hey me who am "fan" of u-boat I know a little this file, the U864, 1st submarine sunk in plunged by a torpedo of another submarine, opening the way of the submarine war "modern "... there is a TV movie on the subject.

In fact it was a lot of "luck": 4 torpedoes fired in salvo, the last one that hits, obviously the torpedoes did not have "homing", there was only a possible change of trajectory at launch!

Finally hat even to the English captain !!
An ultra complete site on the uboot: http://www.uboat.net/
U864 Fact Sheet: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u864.htm

The best war movie of all time: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=rNMhyl3t0fU

To return to the subject, it would surprise me that someone pays one day the bailout ...

And it gets worse: the old Russian nuclear submarines that rot in the sea of ​​barens ... not "decontaminated" of course ...

[Obelix]

Hello,

It is not only abroad!
In our good old France for a good fifteen years mercury was thrown into the sea. Not tons but 200 kg from time to time.
And a single reported accident has secu for 200Kg with rather serious consequences especially psychological (depressions in chains with obligation of electrochocs)
Finally it is of the past, but the scientific experiments have good back !!

Obelix

[Christophe]

But what use or rather should have served these 65 Tonnes of mercury?

It's pretty huge kk1 would have an idea?

[Petrus]

It must be for the batteries, there were many mercury batteries in time.

Edit: No, it was just mercury they were delivering to weapons factories in japan to do what, I do not know:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6193979.stm#map

[Bibiphoque]

It must be for the batteries, there were many mercury batteries in time.

Edit: No, it was just mercury they were delivering to weapons factories in japan to do what, I do not know:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6193979.stm#map

Hello,
Without doubt to make fulminate for bullet primers and shells.
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[elephant]

if my memories are good, the fulminate of mercury will be (vai) t? to make ammunition baits: from the simple bullet to the shell.