Then in 2004, a Swedish scholar (published a book in English with a major and respectable national security publishing house blaming the United States and Britain. <> He brought up a forgotten incident that happened in the neutral nation’s waters. You can support us in the following ways: In Order Make a Comment You need to login. After a tense 30 minutes, Swedish fast attack craft met the ships and identified them as West German grain carriers. The fleet did not turn immediately and as they came closer to the 12-mile (19 km) territorial limit the battery commander ordered the fire control radar into top secret war mode, turning the radar signal from a single frequency to one that jumped between frequencies to stay ahead of enemy jamming. The other day, I was chatting with my Swedish friend, Anders, about Cold War history. In October 1981, the Soviet submarine (NATO codename: Whiskey) S-363 accidentally hit an underwater rock about 10 kilometres from the main Swedish naval base at Karlskrona, surfacing within Swedish waters. The Swedish government was not interested for a while, probably to avoid straining relations with their still mighty neighbor. it hit some rocks in Swedish sea. Anders remembered that in late October, 1981 that a Soviet submarine became stranded in southern Swedish territorial waters. Checkout our selection of submarine gifts. I later looked up the incident and found out that it indeed happened on October 27, 1981. A situação foi extremamente embaraçosa tanto para URSS, quanto para a Suécia. It was recently revealed that a Swedish ocean survey company, mapping Swedish coastal waters in 2009, had discovered the wreck of a Russian Whiskey class submarine. After all, Russia has recently shown little consideration for international borders, swallowing significant pieces of Ukraine, kidnapping an Estonian intelligence officer, and violating Finnish, Estonian, and Swedish airspace. Tim Mansel speaks to Klas Helmerson, who helped interpret on behalf of the Swedish navy. 2 0 obj Grab a gift that tells a story. endobj Photo: The Soviet submarine U-137 that ran aground in Karlskrona archipelago, Sweden in October 1981 (Credit: TT agency via Press Association), Looking back at almost six years of global conflict, from Hiroshima to the Holocaust, From the Bolshevik takeover of 1917 to the break-up of the Soviet Union, Events from history when animals took centre stage, Stories of endurance, world records and remarkable athletes, The communities, politics, leaders and events that have shaped Africa, History as told by the people who were there, More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2, Animals Who Made History: Programmes and downloads, Don't miss these stories of astonishing achievement. Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling. 7 0 obj <> (In later years the scholar was active in the 9/11 truther world and insinuated that Israel was behind the Breivik shootings in Norway.) Soviet submarine S-363 was a Soviet Navy Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet, which became famous under the designation U 137 when it ran aground on 27 October 1981 on the south coast of Sweden, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Karlskrona, one of the larger Swedish naval bases. As the Soviet submarine sent its distress call, two ships coming from the direction of the nearby Soviet armada were detected passing the 12-mile limit headed for Karlskrona. This raised speculation that the sub might have been one of those detected, and attacked (with depth charges) in the 1980s, when Russian subs frequently entered Swedish waters for training (to see if they could get in and out of protected coastal waters on espionage, or wartime missions.)
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