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How do sailors in a sinking submarine meet their fate?

I've heard from a rather dubious source that the poor souls aboard a sinking submarine succumb neither from being crushed nor from drowing, but rather from burning. Is this true? and if so why?
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  • Asked by CraigMc
  • on 2011-01-17 13:48:35
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Categories: Domestic Science.

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I have heard that submarines travel faster in colder water. Why?

Brendan Reilly, Dublin, Ireland

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Categories: Transport, Technology, Unanswered.

Tags: water, temperature, cold, speed, submarine.

 

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