On Jan. 25, 1968, an Israeli submarine called the INS Dakar went missing along with her entire 69-man crew. For 30 years the Dakar was subject to much speculation, searching, and, thanks to the actions of the Israeli government, conspiracy theorizing. In 1999, her remains were found in between the islands of Cyprus and Crete, at a depth of 9,800 feet. The best reporting on the INS Dakar can be found here. Apparently, the hull simply collapsed after the crew dived too quickly. But official denials from the Israeli military, and a 2005 interview with an Egyptian naval officer stating that he was part of a crew that had sunk the Dakar, complicate the picture.
To make matters even more interesting, three other submarines disappeared in 1968. (I'll get back to them shortly.) The disappearance of warships is nothing new to history buffs, but here are 10 disappearances, aside from the INS Dakar, you may not have heard about.
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