UC3 Nautilus was a privately built Danish midget submarine. It was built over a three-year period by Peter Madsen and a group of volunteers, and cost approximately US$200,000 to build. The submarine was Madsen’s third submarine design. It sank in the bay of Køge, in what investigators determined was a deliberate act.
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UC3 Nautilus was a privately built Danish midget submarine. It was built over a three-year period by Peter Madsen and a group of volunteers, and cost approximately US$200,000 to build. The submarine was Madsen’s third submarine design. It sank in the bay of Køge, in what investigators determined was a deliberate act. The following day, Danish police had the submarine salvaged and brought onto land as part of the investigation of the death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. Madsen was convicted of Wall’s murder and the submarine was confiscated and later destroyed by the authorities. Video game developers from Ubisoft were also on board and used her to find inspiration for their submarine, Silent Hunter.
In January 2011, the submarine returned to Refshaleøen to be taken to shore for upgrades, then expected to be used for recreation and other expeditions. On Tuesday August 2010, Suborbitals.org, a non-profit organization, pushed the craft from the launch platform near Nexø, Bornholm towards the launch site of the rocket and spacecraft HEAT Tycho Brahe Brahe, which was built by Madsen. The boat was pushed to shore on Tuesday August 31, 2010, and then taken to the shore on January 5, 2011.
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