
Indonesian Navy found the wreck of the submarine U-168 in the northern part of the Java Sea. Detachment Commander Forces Command Unit Three Frogs Armatim Surabaya Mayor Marine (P) Yudo Poncho Ari said the location of the discovery of the submarine which sank in World War it was located near Banjarmasin.
"If the Karimun Jawa, approximately 98 nautical miles at a depth of 25 meters," said judo at the Ministry of maritime coordinator, Thursday, December 11, 2014. One nautical mile is equal to 1.8 kilometers.
According Yudo, submarine U-168 was predicted to have the Enigma cipher machine, the password with thousands of combinations are used as a communication line and a variety of news. The path is usually to connect the command of U-168 from Berlin.
"Enigma Tool was there. But we may not be able to open it," he said.
German Ambassador to Indonesia, George Witchel, expect the site was protected submarine. Witchel also want the Navy to protect the sunken submarine from thieves. "That's probably a tragic history in the past. But now we look ahead and focus on bilateral cooperation," he said.
According to the history of World War II, the Nazi submarine entered in type IX C / 40, which was launched in March 1942. The submarine U-168 is part of Monsun U-Boats or a group of German war fleet assigned to attack the ships belonging to allies in the trade lane . Boat U-168 sailed from France in July 1943 and arrived in Penang in November the same year.
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