1 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:27,840 DILARA: You dived here and found a shipwreck? 2 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,840 RASIM: Yes, we are more of less situated above it. 3 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,400 DILARA: Can I see the footage you took during your dives? 4 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,520 RASIM: The Ottoman ships were there. 5 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,320 DILARA: Forming a half moon? 6 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,840 RASIM: Yes, a battle formation of a half moon. 7 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,000 DILARA: So the Ottoman fleet were left defenseless. 8 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,160 RASIM: Outsiders referred to this area 9 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,160 as hell at the time. 10 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,280 RASIM: The Russians hauled out the ship 11 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,200 as a trophy of their victory. 12 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,120 But about 6 to 7 miles from Sinop, 13 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,960 with the decks collapsing and hull full of holes 14 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,160 the ship was taking on too much water. 15 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,920 At that point they gave up their trophy ship, the Nesim-i-Zafer, 16 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,320 allowing it to finally sink. 17 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,280 Instead they took 100 members of her crew prisoner 18 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,080 and they just left the ship behind. 19 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:26,400 RUDOLPH: In the winter of 1941, the German Army suffered enormous losses in Russia. 20 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:32,520 Then the attack had to be stopped and was to be continued in 1942... 21 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,720 and that's why Hitler's orders were 22 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,440 that submarines had to be sent to the Black Sea 23 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,960 to keep the Russian fleet in their ports 24 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:45,360 and thank God that worked. 25 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:50,320 But of course the whole thing was far too late in the course of the war. 26 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,480 RUDOLPH: That was an awful moment for a commander having to sink his boat. 27 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,040 Whether you wanted to or not, 28 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:30,440 you had developed a very close relationship with your boat. 29 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,760 The submarine was actually life insurance for us. 30 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,520 As long as the boat worked... we lived. 31 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:54,240 RUDOLPH: I made this sketch to illustrate the spot where the crew went ashore. 32 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,440 I came up with the idea 33 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:03,120 just to draw a sketch of what I saw on that dark night 34 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:09,000 and that can possibly be used as a clue today. 35 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,440 SELCUK: Good day, Mr. Arendt. 36 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,240 RUDOLPH: After 14 years we meet again. 37 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,400 RUDOLPH: Now you have found the boat. 38 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,200 SELCUK: Yes, and the day after tomorrow 39 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,480 I am personally diving to the boat 40 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:46,920 to closely examine the places 41 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,360 where you positioned the explosives. 42 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,360 RUDOLPH: The explosives we put 43 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,960 at the front by the torpedo tubes 44 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,520 and another in the periscope shaft 45 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,240 and the third at the back on the ammunition box. 46 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:08,000 The explosives took seven minutes to detonate. 47 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:13,400 Therefore we only had seven minutes to leave the boat 48 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,600 and paddle away from the submarine. 49 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:21,360 So we were quite close when it exploded. 50 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,920 There was a huge explosion at the stern of the boat. 51 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:49,000 RUDOLPH: It would make me happy if I could get some pictures of the boat. 52 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,200 SELCUK: I will certainly do that. 53 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,200 RUDOLPH: Lovely, Mr. Kolay, all the best, 54 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,560 I wish you success on the dive. 55 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:58,720 SELCUK: Thank you very much. 56 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:08,760 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.