A WORLD War Two warship mystery has finally been solved after the wreck snagged on a fisherman’s net. The Vital de Oliveira ...
The remains of a long-lost WWII warship have been identified after more than 80 years when it was attacked and sunk by Nazis in 1944. The ship was carrying 270 men and 100 were killed in battle.
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...
A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...
He said: "The location and documentation of the shipwreck were conducted using a multibeam echo sounder and side-scan sonar ... Although this World War Two wreck has only just been confirmed ...
The navy said in its press statement that the wreck was found “using multi-beam and side-scanning sonar.” Both methods, which deploy fan-like arrays of sound waves to scan the seafloor ...
On January 16, archaeologists sailing aboard a research vessel used multibeam and side-scan sonar to investigate the site, which allowed them to conclusively identify the wreck as the Vital de ...