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Secret Chinese Submarine Base

One of our S.E.I.G. Agents has sent us this information, taken from the "Daily Telegraph" in England, said to be the best selling quality newspaper in Britain.  In this article, with accompanying photo from the 'Daily Telegraph', it states that China has built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could challenge American power in the region.

        

The story is backed up by this photo from this Agent who, as yet, does not have a S.E.I.G. code name.  Secret submarine bases hewed out of solid mountains is nothing new.  The Soviet Navy did the same in the Black Sea at the Ukrainian port city of Balaklava, better known from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  We were there with our 2006 "Patrol in Russia and Ukraine" and again to the same places in 1996.  We walked far out on a point of land where we saw lookout towers built centuries ago by the Phoenicians - but manned by Russian security forces in 1995 and 1996 - and we could look back at the sheer cliffs on both sides of the entrance to the harbor.  In the vertical cliffs on one side of the harbor, the massive iron doors of the entrance into the secret Russian submarine base were easily seen.

 

Hiding submarine bases inside mountains is not a new idea, but with the massive influx of money to China from their trade goods sold in just about every major nation in the world, the Chinese military is moving forward a great speed to build a huge military force and is rapidly becoming a full-fledged blue water navy.  It would be foolish to take them lightly.

 

While it once was a good idea to hide submarine bases inside mountains - with the advent of the always present "eye in the sky" of the satellites, is it really a good idea still?  Once inside, the submarines are invisible to the satellites - but they have to surface to come into the mountain bases and at that time, they are visible to the satellites.

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"Final Orders" Received

Hans-Georg Hess began his "Eternal Patrol" in the early hours of Friday, 28 March 2008.  He was our solid iron "bridgepost" in Europe, was the youngest combat submarine commander of World War II........possibly ever in history, he was a retired Doctor of Law - and he was my best friend in Europe.

  
Hess always liked this photo of himself (left) because it showed him smiling.  He had a great sense of humor and a quick wit.  The photo on the right is the last photograph that Sharkhunters took of Hans-Georg Hess, taken by his son Tilman; also a Sharkhunters Member.  This was my last visit with him in his home - it was in December 2007, just three months ago.

                           
Dr. (Jur.) Hans-Georg Hess during our 2005 "Northern Patrol"

"Swede" Erickson had this to say................
"This will come as quite a blow to those Sharkhunters who had the expectation of meeting Herr Hess at the upcoming Patrol in Germany. I will miss his always ready smile and good humor for all.  It reminds me of when I went on the patrol in '98, with the hope of meeting the legendary Otto Kretchmer. Unfortunately, 'Silent Otto' died of a head injury a few months before the patrol. The moral of the story is; meet these Vets while they are still alive.   As much as we would like to see these great men live forever, they won't!  Auf weidersehen mein herr."

There will be much more about Hans-Georg Hess in the next issue of our KTB Magazine.  The emails and telephone calls coming in here from around the world attest to how much this fine man meant to Sharkhunters Members everywhere.  click here to learn more  www.sharkhunters.com/EPHess.htm
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400,000!   400,000!   400,000!  

19 March 2008
On this date, we received the 400,000 visit to our website - a great day indeed!
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Bunker for Sale
20 March 2008
The bunker VALENTIN by Bremen, is listed for sale by the German Navy.  It was intended to be a final assembly plant for the Type XXI U-Boat as the sections arrived.  It was an advanced design that would move the sections along to be welded together, a high section to test the periscope and snorkel, another deep well for diving the boat and testing for leaks etc.  The war ended before the bunker was complete, so it never built a single U-Boat.  It had been used by the Bundsmarine as a storage warehouse but it is apparently in great need of major repairs.
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"Hitler in Argentina"
12 March 2008
Sharkhunters President Harry Cooper returned from remote areas of Argentina with new evidence on this and other wartime rumors.

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"Tel Aviv Tina"
7 March 2008
Our radio Spooks are monitoring the airwaves and "Tel Aviv Tina" has doubled her secret coded radio transmissions.
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         U-534  on the move!

Details are in our monthly KTB Magazine.  Check www.sharkhunters.com for details AND a free hand-signed photo of a veteran.
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U.S. Navy to Sink More than Three Dozen Ships

The U.S. Navy will sink more than three dozen ships over the next few years including destroyers and the old carrier USS FORRESTAL.  Details have been emailed to Sharkhunters Members and also to those on our free HOT MAIL roster.

Here's what's been sent to those receiving our HOT MAIL bulletins:

4 July 2007 - Soviet submarine SC-305 is found by divers.
4 July 2007 - Hidden bunkers just discovered on the Obersalzberg last week.
4 July 2007 - New Chinese submarines capable of getting within torpedo range of American carriers undetected.
1 July 2007 - Two more U-Boats found by divers
28 June 2007 - RADM Gene Fluckey begins "Eternal Patrol"
24 December 2005 - Konteradmiral Erich Topp begins "Eternal Patrol"
26 December 2005 - Kapitän zur See Otto von Bülow begins "Eternal Patrol"

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Top Secret Submarine

Did you recognize the submarine in the photo we sent to all who were on the HOT MAIL list?  It is a new one-of-a-kind prototype submarine built last year and she is undergoing sea trials in the Baltic.  Is it an Air-Independent propulsion system?  If you do not receive our HOT MAIL news updates, send your email address to us at  sharkhunters@earthlink.net and tell us that you want to receive these breaking news stories.  No charge for this service.
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Chinese Navy on Maneuvers

Undated - A Sharkhunters Member has gotten some Top-Secret photos of the Chinese Navy on Maneuvers including some pix of their "Boomers" - almost never seen.
                             CLICK HERE for the details.
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USS LAGARTO (SS 371) is found!

26 May 2005 - This American submarine hit a mine on her second war patrol in the Gulf of Siam and sank, taking all her crew to a watery grave.  This submarine has just been found. The complete story and photos are in KTB #185, the monthly Magazine of Sharkhunters.
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Chinese Navy Emerging as a Serious Threat to American Carriers!



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