U-864, animation of the project outside Fedje, Norway

NGI is heavily involved in securing the old, sunken submarine from WWII. The Norwegian Coastal Administration produced this animation to show the enormous project on the seabed off the coast of Norway.
Video courtesy of: Norwegian Coastal Administration/Kystverket

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

So what has happened to this wreck? The most recent news I can find dates to 2019 where supposedly Norway was planning to entomb the submarine under rubble and sand by 2020, but then no additional news or information about whether this was ever done or not.

[@pickitup7008]

Just read an article from 2022 that norways environmental groups want the entire ship and Mercury lifted out of the ocean instead of this plan. But I can’t find anything else

[@parvaldegalvena8775]

И что это был за мультфильм?

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

So much of a wordy narrative.....

[@trondbergehvik4540]

Eg har hytte på Fedje

[@金田一恭助]

ん？ 何がしたいのかな？

[@deanladue3151]

Norway sure has some very serious problems with sunken subs. The U-864, carrying what amounts to be an environmental time bomb with 67 tons of weapons grade Mercury. And also the Soviet nuclear sub K-278, which sank in 1989. When the Norwegians explored the wreck in 2019, they discovered that the sub was leaking radiation.

[@ROLFCOPTERZZ]

What was the mercury going to be used for

[@deanladue3151]

It was used in the triggering mechanisms for bombs, torpedoes. And analog readouts on airplanes. But the sub was also carrying blueprints and technical specs for the ME-262 fighter jet, it was probably also be used towards construction of that aircraft.

[@inessabaily1414]

German U-boats are dangerous even after their death

[@MichaelBrown-zd1zk]

What a expensive and tragic situation.

[@seashepherds4959]

To do or not to do, that is the question...the age old question. You Do! because you can and when you cannot you wait until you can. If it can be done than do it. Who should pay? We all pay now or pay later and a shared burden is a lighter burden!

[@larskruger5786]

and paying later is mostly more expensive....

[@globalmercuryscandal902]

The Norwegian state budget puts up 30 millions NOK to preparing for covering of U-864. (Ca. 3 millions EUROS). Not unexpected, this is a part of a governmental instruction of the Norwegian Coastal Administration since 2008. In 2010, the Jens Stoltenberg government decided to draw off 620 Million NOK from the salvaging budget for U-864. It was totally 740 millions. Then the government decided to use 10 millions on papers, and 100 millions for preparing covering of the wreck. Later they raised the budget with 150 millions to make a supportive sand filling to "secure" the wreck. That was step one in the covering. In 2010 the government decided to ERASE THE SALVAGING OPTION, and prevent the Parliament from having the option of voting for salvage. Tha last step in the cover operation is to ERASE THE SALVAGE OF MERCURY, and then only go for covering. It will be the biggest deposit of Mercury on the planet, and on the sea bed, stored in salt water, the environment that is the best for developing Methylmercury, a vey dangerous nerve poison. And on top of that: Norway never reported the Mercury threat to OSPAR, the commision that are working for protecting and cleaning the marine environment in The North Sea. The Norwegian Right wing government, lead by Prime Minister Erna Solberg, have the aim to be a leading star for cleaning the oceans for plastic bags...WHAT ABOUT 67 TONNES OF MERCURY? It's time to act - the best way for health and environment for thousands of years ahead. It seams that Prime Minister Erna Solberg is more occupied with planning her golden pension...

[@MrZuconelli]

Is because you do not know what the politicians of Brazil do, every politician in the world thinks only of himself and how he will retire with a big salary in a beautiful place with a beautiful house.

[@rodrigoasis6830]

?? Pool ♏

[@geronimo5537]

if the ship was carrying anything it would have leaked out long ago. the ship was blown in half after all...

[@deanladue3151]

Wasn't it declared as an "illegal act" to try and bury the wreck?

[@marcosantoniosilva4513]

olá amigos ótima tarde e um prazer de compartilhar este vídeo sobre esse submarino que história o que aconteceu no passado e como foi localizado nessa profundidade do oceano parabéns até a próxima aventuras abs daqui de carapicuiba são Paulo Brasil

[@wilsontoddd5253]

That. Was. Somethng. Hope. The. Germen. Crew. Rest. In. Peace. May. God. Be. With. Them.

[@donstewart2059]

I think they used mercury for ballast newer subs use water

[@oldbiker9]

don stewart. Weapon grade Mercury, Jet Engine parts, Scientists & Engineers being shipped to Japan, In a last ditch hope of saving Germany from defeat. Did you know they were trying to develop an Atomic Bomb?. But for Norwegian Partisans sinking a ferry carrying 'Heavy Water they may have been successful.!

[@ma-li3935]

What a waste of time and money

[@1jummen]

To bad that sub didnt make it home

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Sigh, I wish my (the German) government would take care of their underwater contaminations like the Norwegian one does. Awesome animation by the way!

[@infoinglesa]

Clickbait na materia da Rede Globo heinnnnn o Navio foi encontrado em 2003 e eles colocam o titulo da materia como se o navio fosse encontrado hoje. Sempre defendi a Globo quando alguem ataca ela mas estou mudando de ideia mesmo. Hoje estou vendo a Globo com outros olhos.

[@RandomStuff-xn9wy]

É foda também né. Título "Cientistas encontram submarino nazista". Duas frases depois: "o submarino que foi encontrado em 2003...." Mas dizem que a website é terceirizada e a maioria das matérias sao estagiarios que reportam. Voce já percebeu que em todo jornal internacional respeitado eles colocam o nome do jornalista que escreve a matéria? (Tipo New York Times, Reuters etc). Metade das matéria não leva a informação de quem escreveu, simplesmente colocam que foi a redação. Isso já é sinal de que ou foi um estagiário qualquer que fez a matéria, ou o jornalista não quer assinar a matéria com o nome.

[@deivi.090]

é pra chamar atenção aos "acontecimentos" que estão ocorrendo durante as eleições, pra jogar a falsa impressão de nazismo a imagem do Mito. #globolixo eles são manipuladores de massa não esqueça

[@376336533]

в 2003, что это меняет ? или ждать дальше

[@freddiestone9941]

What was the mercury for

[@SEPK09]

During WWII, the Ruben-Mallory battery (mercury dry-cell battery) was invented and widely used. By the early 1900s, the main uses of mercury were in making scientific equipment, recovering gold and silver, manufacturing fulminate and vermilion

[@MALTESEFALCON1]

Triggers for weapons

[@MWcrazyhorse]

Vril discs building in New Swabia. Most likely.

[@brunobrunofla68]

U-bolts Best The Best alemã,🚢

[@hege666ful]

Im norwegain

[@Bill-xx2yh]

Fortnite streamer Ok Most country’s on earth are doing the same kind of "mistakes". I’m stunned and grateful people are even trying to "salvage" this mess. Gods Speed!!!!! And Thanks! War is a time of the ugly stupid on all sides...except the corrupt Rothschilds Slavers.

[@TheKarenThaiFree]

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[@danielbryant230]

Wouldn’t there be a cheaper way to do this ? Maybe they could build the dam out of fabric and rubber material closer to the wreck instead . Once it is on the ship it could still leak overboard if it’s flat topped.

[@felixcat9318]

The German government should have to pay for all the surveys, inspections and work necessary to contain the leaking mercury from further polluting the seabed and waters of the fjord.

[@thepensmith1]

Felix Cat No the Brits should pay since they sunk it, causing the spill

[@felixcat9318]

@@thepensmith1 The Nazis carried the highly dangerous cargo in the full knowledge that their vessels were liable to be attacked and sunk on sight by UK and Allied Forces, therefore they as the carrier of the toxic cargo bear responsibility for where it lies, polluting the seabed and waters.

[@thepensmith1]

Felix Cat no the one who caused the spill bears responsibility and that's the british so they should pay

[@felixcat9318]

@@thepensmith1 I respectfully disagree with you on this point, as I imagine the UK government would too! I cannot imagine that they will be allocating funds and resources anytime soon to clear up the debris from a sunken Nazi wreck.

[@thepensmith1]

@@felixcat9318 of course they won't, they don't care about an environmental disaster they caused if its not on British soil

[@mariolarozybowska2687]

No matter

[@magicalminis597]

3 years ago and this pops up currently for me in youtube...I really do hope since then we've gone and taken an environmental survey of every sunken warship, commercial vessel, private ship/boat currently laying at the bottom of the ocean to properly assess the need to bury all these lost vessels in 7 meters of sand and gravel. Even if we go broke doing it because everything is at stake as each could be a cesspool of chemical concerns leaching into our oceans. Gravel may not be enough. We should encase all wrecks in concrete and establish 1000 mile geofence exclusion zones around each wreck.

[@acedogboy8421]

why bury them. raiseing them is better

[@ihateemael]

@@acedogboy8421 too corroded

[@HMSHOOD1920]

No. Do not destroy the resting places of the brave men that gave their lives.

[@bjarnenilsen2692]

Germany must pay the price it costs to raise their ship. Then they can bring it home to Germany

[@RG-fc7ht]

Herbert Norkus that's up for the governments and navies to decide since well let them debate that and not the Internet in this case.

[@RG-fc7ht]

DeutschwehR a more appropriate counter would have been say making the Brits pay for raising the Bismarck since well a sunken vessel and bombs that failed to detonate the first time are two completely different stories. Also then the Brits can dumb all their unexplored German ordnance on Berlin if we follow that train of logic we will eventually end up having the Japanese raise the Arizona and the Brits the Graf Spee. Along with an entire warehouse of problems from history.

[@MarineAqua45]

Herbert Norkus How could they know, what that sub was carrying & in anycase it was sink or be sunk yourself. Thats how war was & is.

[@Pablo-kw5jb]

No. Not germans. British must be pay for it . They sank the submarine off norwegian coast and dind't care. They never cared. For them it's a norwegian problem. They woulnd't have sunk it on their own coast.

[@Sculpin74]

@@Pablo-kw5jb Hahaha...no...theres no subs or anything else sunk of the coast of England! Give your head a shake and look up some history. For a start...look up "SS Richard Montgomery".