A World War II ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil using sonar imaging.
Brazil ’s ‘Vital de Oliveiro’ was attacked by Bazi Germany in the summer of 1942 A World War II ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro using sonar imaging. More than 100 soldiers were killed when a German submarine U-861 sank Brazil ’s ‘Vital de Oliveira’ in 1942, becoming the country’s only vessel to be destroyed by enemy forces. This piece of history was believed to have been lost forever despite efforts to obtain the exact location of the wreckage.
Authorities finally confirmed that the wreckage of the ‘Vital de Oliveira’ has been traced using sonar imaging. A different side of the scan A multibeam echo sounder and side scan sonar were deployed to map the ocean floor and create three-dimensional models. The discovery of the hull of the sunken ship took place on the morning of January 16, about 50 miles off the coast of Macaé, and was aided by local divers.
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