Word: bays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Island, about 30 miles south of Stockholm, glimpsed a periscope flashing through the waves. The alert quickly went out that a foreign submarine was lurking in Swedish waters, and within hours the hunt was on. Throughout last week, dozens of ships and helicopters swept back and forth across Hars Bay, dropping depth charges to try to bring the mystery sub to the surface. "We don't intend to pat it on the back or just follow it out to sea," vowed Rear Admiral Christer Kirkegaard, leader of the hunt. "We want to find out where it came from...
...greatest fears. "This is so far inside a restricted area, so close to our main naval base, that it seems more aggressive and ruthless than anything before," declared Commander Hans von Hofsten, who is in charge of briefing the more than 300 reporters who have flocked to Hars Bay...
...that reason, Swedish authorities decided to try to trap the sub, force it to the surface and question those aboard. Within a few days after the first sighting, the Swedes managed to bottle up the sub in Hars Bay, a narrow channel (12 miles long and 3 miles wide) between the mainland and Musk Island. Both major openings in the bay were blocked by a forest of submarine nets, chains and magnetic cords...
...pursuers carried highly sensitive sonar equipment. Overhead clattered ten antisubmarine helicopters, which lowered hydrophones into the water like stethoscopes. When a telltale noise was heard, a chopper or a boat would drop depth charges in an attempt to force the sub to the surface. The waters of the bay rose in explosive plumes, and the air was filled with the smell of dead fish...
...suddenly made its move. Early in the morning, a trail of air bubbles showed that the vessel was edging toward the northern end, but the sub pulled back after Swedish ships rushed to the area. Then, in midafternoon, a Swedish ship guarding the northern exit of the bay picked up the sounds of an underwater vessel. At the same time, something thudded against the submarine nets that blocked off the bay. Two choppers quickly swooped over the spot and dropped four 330-lb. depth charges...