INS Dakar

In 1965, she was purchased by Israel as part of a group of three T-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in November 1967 and underwent sea and diving trials in Scotland. Dakar departed for Israel on 9 January 1968, but disappeared en route with all hands. Despite extensive searches over the course of three decades, Dakar ' s wreckage was not found until 1999, when it was located between the islands of Cyprus and Crete . A portion of the vessel was salvaged and is on display at the Naval Museum in Haifa . The exact cause of Dakar ' s sinking is not known.

INS Dakar was the former modified British T-class submarine Totem of the Royal Navy . In 1965, she was purchased by Israel as part of a group of three T-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in November 1967 and underwent sea and diving trials in Scotland. Dakar departed for Israel on 9 January 1968, but disappeared en route with all hands. Despite extensive searches over the course of three decades, Dakar ' s wreckage was not found until 1999, when it was located between the islands of Cyprus and Crete . A portion of the vessel was salvaged and is on display at the Naval Museum in Haifa . The exact cause of Dakar ' s sinking is not known. It was one of four mysterious submarine disappearances in 1968; the other being the French submarine Minerve (S647) , the Soviet submarine K-129 and the USS submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) .

Lost Israeli submarine INS Dakar ( ) was a diesel–electric submarine in the Israeli Navy . The vessel, a modified World War II British T-class submarine , had previously been HMS Totem of the Royal Navy . She was purchased by Israel from the Government of the United Kingdom in 1965 as part of a three T-class submarine deal. Dakar and her entire 69-man crew were lost en route to Israel on 25 January 1968. Despite extensive searches over the course of three decades, its wreckage was not found until 1999, when it was located between the islands of Cyprus and Crete at a depth of approximately 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The submarine's conning tower was salvaged and is on display outside Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa . The exact cause of Dakar ' s sinking remains unknown. It was one of four submarine disappearances in 1968; the others were those of the French submarine Minerve , the Soviet submarine K-129 , and the U.S. submarine USS Scorpion .

Lost Israeli submarine INS Dakar ( ) was a diesel–electric submarine in the Israeli Navy . The vessel, a modified World War II British T-class submarine , had previously been HMS Totem of the Royal Navy . She was purchased by Israel from the Government of the United Kingdom in 1965 as part of a three T-class submarine deal. Dakar and her entire 69-man crew were lost en route to Israel on 25 January 1968. Despite extensive searches over the course of three decades, its wreckage was not found until 1999, when it was located between the islands of Cyprus and Crete at a depth of approximately 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The submarine's conning tower was salvaged and is on display outside the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa . The exact cause of Dakar ' s sinking remains unknown. It was one of four mysterious submarine disappearances in 1968; the others were those of the French submarine Minerve , the Soviet submarine K-129 , and the U.S. submarine USS Scorpion .