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...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...
...police launches joined in the hunt. Many of the 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...
...Thursday, the sub 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...
...hidden sub, which apparently was making a desperate attempt to break through the nets, drew back and lay silent and deep, about 230 ft. below the surface and only 600 ft. from a popular beach at Arsta. As naval divers plunged into the water to examine the damaged nets, a submarine salvage ship examined the sea floor with its underwater cameras. It reportedly found nothing...
...that evening, a second submarine was detected trying to nose into the bay, apparently seeking to aid its imprisoned comrade. The new arrival later gave up and backed away from the barrier netting. At about the same tune, Swedish officials exploded three mines by remote control after detecting a sub passing outside the bay. Again, nothing was found...