About the sunken warship of Liepāja Prinz Adalbert, who lies in the depths of the Baltics, near Liepaja, at a depth of 80 meters, and found his home there on October 23, 1915, knows many scuba divers underwater search works. However, not everyone knows that this warship wreck was wanted to be excavated by enterprising people as early as 1930, but this was not done. Diving into this historic warship is similar to reaching Everest, many want it, but few can do it. An underwater diver who plans to visit an underwater wreck at a depth of 80 meters in the Baltic Sea is threatened by nitrogen anesthesia, hypothermia, as well as possible caisson disease. Nowadays, no one plans to highlight this ship anymore, but dreams of the riches that may have been on board.
Local, Ulmanian-era, Latvian businessmen at that time were probably interested in military armor ship Prinz Adalbert main components - sinking of sunken metal. Ironically, before the First World War, the cruiser had already been scrapped, but was returned to service at the beginning of the war. This year, publications on the diving of Latvian divers on a historic warship have also been updated. People have been on board Prinz Adalbert, both in 1930 and in 2007, and later in 2010, under the guidance of a technical diver Alexei Kravchuk.
In 2007, well-equipped Swedish divers also wrecked the shipwreck, who, in addition to their underwater activities, made a film and even created a 3D visualization of the shipwreck based on underwater sonar data.
The 1930 newspaper "Latvijas kareivis" writes in 71 issues:
A company founded in Liepaja wants to highlight the German warships "Prinz Adalbert" and "Bremen" sunk during the World Coffee. "Prinz Adalbert" is known to have sunk near Liepaja, but "Bremen" between Pāvilosta and Ventspils.
The company is preparing a special motorboat "Fortuna" to search for both ships. The company has yet to obtain permission from the Maritime Department to start work. ”
1940 newspaper "Latvijas kareivis", 126 issues:
On October 11, the English submarine "E-8" returned from the voyage to the enemy's waters and reported that the cruiser "Prinz Adalbert" had been blown up near Liepaja and immediately sank. Only now did we realize that the deceased was not the aforementioned Roon, but Prinz Adalbert.
Prinz Adalbert 3D visualization
