Like a Lead Zeppelin?

A 60-year-old mystery about the location of the sunken Graf Zeppelin looks to be solved off the coast of Poland.

Divers find Hitler's aircraft carrier

POLISH divers have discovered the rusting wreckage of Nazi Germany’s only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, solving one of the most enduring maritime riddles of the Second World War.

From the map in this article, it looks to be near Łeba. This is a little west of Hel, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea where we recently enjoyed some vacation time.

In the same article, a Polish maritime historian says, “It is difficult to say why the Russians have always been so stubbornly reluctant to talk about the location of the wreck. Perhaps it was the usual obsession with secrecy, or perhaps there was some kind of suspect cargo.”

I guess you can add this to the list of WWII incidents where Poland would like to get more information from Russia.

Polish Navy has some photos: Wreck of „Graf Zeppelin” in the Baltic.

Thanks to our friend, Murdoc, for alerting us to this story.

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Sonar Images
Sonar images of the Graf Zeppelin, provided by Murdoc.