SALVAGING OF WRECKS IN THE GDYNIA AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R016100310002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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COUNTRY Poland
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DATE DISTR. 30 January 1953
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1. The ex German freighter SEIBURG, 18,000 BRT, is lying on her side at a depth of
58 ft. She has a hole torn in her port side on a level with No. 1 hold. The
ship was raided on to two submerged pontoons,, During the
process the lines broke and the ship sank back to the bottom of the sea. 50X1-HUM
2. The ex-German passenger ship GUSTAV, approximately 8,000 BRT, is lying at a
depth of 36 m,, near Rczewie. Divers havs established that the ship is very
much embedded in silt. For the time being there is no prospect of her being
salvaged, A story is circulating that the Germans were taking away Polish
treasure in this ship.
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Salvaging of Wrecks in the Gdynia Area
The wreck of a former German motor vessel, approximately 3,500 m 4,000 BRT,
lying in Gdynia harbor between Paged and the Paris Commune Shipyard, was
salvaged by the Navy This ship was scuttled 50X1 -HUM
by her German crew along w er cargo of torpedoes. The ship is now moored
in the naval port of Gdynia and people can be seen moving about on board.
She has three holds and gives the impression of being very strongly built and
in a good state of repair.
A submarine near Jastrzebia Gora (P55/Y28) has been accurately located and the
place marked with buoys. Salvage of this wreck has been postponed
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